An experimental analysis of the effect of the operating system on memory performance in embedded multimedia computing

EMSOFT 2004 - Fourth ACM International Conference on Embedded Software

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 26-33

  Park, Sangsoo ^a   Lee, Yonghee ^a   Shin, Heonshik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embedded system; Memory performance; Multimedia; Operating system

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

LINUX; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; POWER-AWARE;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 27144442505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1017753.1017762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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