Cache-aware cross-profiling for Java processors

Embedded Systems Week 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-135

  Binder, Walter ^a   Schoeberl, Martin ^b   Villazón, Alex ^a   Moret, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bytecode instrumentation; Cross profiling; Embedded Java processors; Platform independent dynamic metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; INSTRUMENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PROGRAM COMPILERS; TARGETS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BYTECODE; BYTECODE INSTRUMENTATION; CACHING STRATEGIES; COMPUTING RESOURCES; CPU CYCLES; CROSS-PROFILING; CUSTOMIZABLE; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; EMBEDDED DEVICES; EMBEDDED JAVA PROCESSORS; EMBEDDED TARGETS; EXECUTION TIME; JAVA PROCESSORS; JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE IMPACTS; PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT DYNAMIC METRICS; POINT CUTS; TARGET SYSTEMS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 63349108586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1450095.1450116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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