Multi-Core Microprocessors in Embedded Applications

Multi-Core Microprocessors in Embedded Applications

Until now, Moore’s prediction that transistor density would double every year has been realized, driven primarily by the thirst for higher performance. However, the traditional approach to the development of superscalar microprocessors, where performance gain was derived largely by increasing the frequency, is failing to meet the performance and power requirements of the next generation of micr...

Mixed real-time scheduling of multiple DAGs-based applications on heterogeneous multi-core processors

As multi-core processors continue to scale, more and more multiple distributed applications with precedence-constrained tasks simultaneously and widely exist in multi-functional embedded systems. Scheduling multiple DAGs-based applications on heterogeneous multi-core processors faces conflicting high-performance and real-time requirements. This study presents a multiple DAGs-based applications ...

REFLIX: a processor core with native support for control-dominated embedded applications

Efficient and reliable interaction with the environment (reactivity) is a key feature for many embedded system applications. Current implementation technologies that include standard microprocessors and microcontrollers, or fully customized systems, are not ideally suited to such reactive tasks either in terms of their performance constraints or in terms of design implementation and programming...

Time synchronization for an emulated CAN device on a Multi-Processor System on Chip

The increasing number of applications implemented on modern vehicles leads to the use of multi-core platforms in the automotive field. As the number of I/O interfaces offered by these platforms is typically lower than the number of integrated applications, a solution is needed to provide access to the peripherals, such as the Controller Area Network (CAN), to all applications. Emulation and vir...

Memory resources aware run-time automated scheduling policy for multi-core systems