In this paper we address the problem of on-chip memory selection for computationally
intensive applications, by proposing scratch pad memory as an alternative to cache. Area …

The number of embedded systems is increasing and a remarkable percentage is designed
as mobile applications. For the latter, energy consumption is a limiting factor because of …

FPGAs have been used in many applications to achieve orders-of-magnitude improvement
in absolute performance and energy efficiency relative to conventional microprocessors …

The vision of researchers to create smart environments through the deployment of
thousands of sensors, each with a short range wireless communications channel and …

The number of mobile embedded systems is increasing and all of them are limited in their
uptime by their battery capacity. Several hardware changes have been introduced during …

Memory-processor integration offers new opportunities for reducing the energy of a system.
In the case of embedded systems, one solution consists of mapping the most frequently …

Automatic generation of Instruction Set Extensions (ISEs), to be executed on a custom
processing unit or a coprocessor is an important step towards processor customization. A …

Convergence of communication, consumer applications and computing within mobile
systems pushes memory requirements both in terms of size, bandwidth and power …

In this report we evaluate the options for low power on-chip memories during system design
and configuration. Specifically, we compare the use of scratch pad memories with that of …

Instruction set extensions (ISEs) can be used effectively to accelerate the performance of
embedded processors. The critical, and difficult task of ISE selection is often performed …