An event-based multi-purpose approach to computational sprinting. Issue 27 (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leva, Alberto; Terraneo, Federico; Cimino, Chiara; Seva, Silvano
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 52:Issue 27(2019)
• Page Start: 38
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Event-based control -- computational sprinting -- performance boosting; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.729
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: Computational sprinting was introduced to tackle the "dark silicon" problem, i.e., to allow a processor to transiently consume a power that could not be sustained indefinitely without thermal damage. However, the idea of sprinting has other potential applications, also tightly related to embedded systems. In this paper we evidence a few of these, and discuss the scenario in a view to abstracting and defining general problems. We then propose an event-based approach to treat the said problems in a unitary manner.