Multi-core architectures are shaking the fundamental assumption that in real-time systems
the WCET, used to analyze the schedulability of the complete system, is calculated on …

Cache memories are crucial to obtain high performance on contemporary processors.
However, they have been traditionally avoided in embedded real-time systems due to their …

To confer the robustness and high quality of service, modern computing architectures
running real-time applications should provide high system performance and high timing …

In order to satisfy the needs for increasing computer processing power, there are significant
changes in the design process of modern computing systems. Major chip-vendors are …

Cache memory is used, in most single-core and multi-core processors, to improve
performance by bridging the speed gap between the main memory and CPU. Even though …

Based on the recent design trend from giant chip-vendors, multicore systems are being
deployed with multilevel caches to achieve higher levels of performance. Supporting real …

Cache memories are crucial to obtain high performance on contemporary computing
systems. However, sometimes they have been avoided in real-time systems due to their lack …

Multiple caches in multicore architecture increase power consumption and timing
unpredictability. Although cache locking in single-core systems shows improvement for large …

Parallel and distributed solutions are gaining increasing importance in designing embedded
systems. Future parallel embedded systems are expected to have several hundred …

Recent system design trends suggest multicore architecture for all computing platforms
including distributed and embedded systems running real-time applications. Multilevel …