Source code optimization and profiling of energy consumption in embedded systems

Proceedings of the International Symposium on System Synthesis

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 193-198

  Simunic T ^a   Benini, L ^b   De Micheli, G ^a   Hans, M ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost function; Decoding; Design optimization; Digital audio players; Embedded system; Energy consumption; Hardware; Home appliances; Prototypes; System level design

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COST FUNCTIONS; DECODING; DESIGN; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DIGITAL AUDIO; EXECUTABLE SPECIFICATIONS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PROTOTYPES; SOURCE CODE OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEM LEVEL DESIGN;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949935382     PISSN: 10801820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSS.2000.874049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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