Operating system power minimization through run-time processor resource adaptation

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 189-198

  Li, Tao ^a   John, Lizy Kurian ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive computing; Design; High performance; Low power design; Performance trade offs; Reconfigurable systems; System level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTIVE COMPUTING; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; LOW-POWER-DESIGN; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFFS; RECONFIGURABLE-SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-LEVEL;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 33747133297     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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