A dynamic scratchpad memory unit for predictable real-time embedded systems

Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 183-192

  Wasly, Saud ^a,b   Pellizzoni, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

real time; Scratchpad

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL MODIFICATION; DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCHEME; MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENTS; REAL-TIME; REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SCRATCH PAD MEMORY; SCRATCHPAD;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84885222079     PISSN: 10683070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECRTS.2013.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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