Title :
Energy advantages of microprocessor platforms with on-chip configurable logic
Author :
Stitt, Greg ; Vahid, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., California Univ., Riverside, CA, USA
Abstract :
System chips that incorporate configurable logic can reduce the energy consumed in executing software. The key is to use the configurable logic to execute performance-critical loops, producing average energy savings of 25% to 71% for embedded-system benchmarks.
Keywords :
embedded systems; energy conservation; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; system-on-chip; FPGA; embedded system benchmarks; energy consumption; energy savings; executing software; microprocessor platforms; on-chip configurable logic; performance-critical loops; system chips; Benchmark testing; Cyclic redundancy check; Decoding; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Logic design; Logic gates; Logic testing; Microprocessors; System-on-a-chip;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2002.1047742
