July 2008
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
16h 52m
English
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10 CHAPTER 1 Embedded Computing
1.1.6 Performance in Embedded Computing
When we talk about performance when writing programs for our PC, what do
we really mean? Most programmers have a fairly vague notion of performance—
they want their program to run “fast enough” and they may be worried about
the asympototic complexity of their program. Most general-purpose programmers
use no tools that are designed to help them improve the performance of their
programs.
Embedded system designers, in contrast, have a very clear performance goal in
mind—their program must meet its deadline.At the heart of embedded computing
is real-time computing,which is the science ...