DocumentCode
866466
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
Volume
19
Issue
6
fYear
2002
Firstpage
36
Lastpage
43
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7475
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MDT.2002.1047742
Filename
1047742
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