Computers as Components, 2nd Edition

210 CHAPTER 5 Program Design and Analysis

written originally in assembly language). Section 5.3 reviews the assembly and

linking process and Section 5.4 reviews as background the basic steps in com-

pilation. Section 5.5 discusses code optimization. We talk about optimization

techniques specific to embedded computing in the next three sections: perfor-

mance in Section 5.6, energy consumption in Section 5.8, and size in Section 5.9.

Section 5.6 discusses the analysis of software performance while Section 5.7 intro-

duces techniques to optimize software performance. Section 5.8 discusses energy

and power optimization while Section 5.9 talks about optimizing ...