Modern embedded systems in mobile and multimedia applications offer a wide range of
features. They can also communicate to different devices using different standards which …

In multitasking real-time systems, the worst-case execution time (WCET) of each task and
also the effects of interferences between tasks in the worst-case scenario need to be …

There has been constant growth in the usage of mobile devices in the last decade. As
necessary demand by the technological marketplace, mobile devices are designed per the …

In this paper we propose a new hardware data cache (FAFB, fully-associative FIFO tagged
buffers) to complement the data cache in processors. It provides predictability when …

In multitasking real-time systems, the WCET of each task and also the effects of interferences
between tasks in the worst-case scenario need to be calculated. This is especially complex …

Software applications use dynamic memory (allocated and deallocated in the system's
heap) to handle dynamism in their working conditions. Embedded systems tend to include …

Energy consumption is the major limitation to achieving exascale computing systems.
Caches are essential components that dissipate a large proportion of processor's energy …

As we approach the era of exascale computing systems, where 1,000-core can be
integrated in one die, energy efficiency is the most considerable impediments. Future …

This chapter applies our methodology on three cases of study to assess the improvements
that can be attained, evaluating more than a hundred different platforms for each case …

Energy efficiency has become the first priority when designing high-performance computing
systems, and caches play a key role in improving the performance. However, as caches …