Embedded and Networking Systems

4	Embedded Systems Code Optimization and Power Consumption Mostafa E.A. Ibrahim and Markus Rupp

CONTENTS

4.1    Introduction

4.2    Power-Aware Optimization

4.2.1    Compiler-Based Optimization

4.2.2    Source-to-Source Code Optimization

4.3    Software and Hardware Platforms

4.4    Methodology and Applications

4.5    Code Optimization Impact on Power Consumption

4.5.1    Impact of Global Compiler Optimization

4.5.2    Effects of Specific Architectural Features

4.5.2.1    Impact of Software Pipelined Loop

4.5.2.2    Impact of SIMD

4.5.3    Influence of Source-to-Source Code Transformations

4.6    Conclusions

References

4.1    INTRODUCTION

In a growing number of complex heterogeneous embedded systems, the relevance of software components ...