Adaptive allocation of software and hardware real-time tasks for FPGA-based embedded systems

Real-Time Technology and Applications - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 208-220

  Pellizzoni, Rodolfo ^a   Caccamo, Marco ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALLOCATION; FEASIBILITY TESTS; REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE DEVICES; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE DEVICES; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; SOFTWARE FLEXIBILITY; SYNTHETIC SIMULATION;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HARDWARE;

RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

EID: 84884392200     PISSN: 10801812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTAS.2006.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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