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Embedded Computing
■ Fundamental problems in embedded computing
■ Applications that make use of embedded computing
■ Design methodologies and system modeling for embedded systems
■ Models of computation
■ Reliability and security
■ Consumer electronics
The overarching theme of this book is that many embedded computing systems
are high-performance computing systems that must be carefully designed so that
they meet stringent requirements. Not only do they require lots of computation,
but they also must meet quantifiable goals: real-time performance, not just aver-
age performance; power/energy consumption; and cost. The fact that it has
quantifiabl ...