
Chapter 1
Computer-Aided Design for Energy
Optimization in the Memory
Architecture of Embedded Systems
Florin Balasa
American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
Dhiraj K. Pradhan
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Contents
1.1 Introduction ............................................................ 1
1.2 Low-Power Design for Embedded Systems ............................ 2
1.3 The Role of On-Chip Memories ........................................ 3
1.4 Optimization of the Energy Consumption of the Memory
Subsystem .............................................................. 4
1.4.1 Hierarchical memory architectures .............................. ...