Coarse‐grained reconfiguration: dataflow‐based power management. Issue 1 (1st January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Palumbo, Francesca; Sau, Carlo; Raffo, Luigi
• Is Part Of: IET computers & digital techniques. Volume 9:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 48
• Publication Date: 2015-01-01
• Subjects: embedded systems -- power aware computing -- video coding -- data flow computing; coarse‐grained reconfiguration -- dataflow‐based power management -- power reduction -- embedded systems design -- architecture complexity -- architecture heterogeneity -- reconfigurable video coding -- RVC -- master management -- reconfigurable system composability -- multidataflow composer -- reference design framework power management -- coarse‐grained reconfigurable systems -- structural strategy -- dynamic strategy; Computers -- Periodicals; Digital electronics -- Periodicals; Computer engineering -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; Computer organization -- Periodicals; 621.39
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-cdt.2014.0089
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8601

Abstract

Abstract : Power reduction in modern embedded systems design is a challenging issue exacerbated by the complexity and heterogeneity of their architecture. In the field of Reconfigurable Video Coding (RVC), to challenge these issues and cut‐down time to market, dataflow‐based techniques have been adopted. In particular, to master management and composability of dynamically reconfigurable systems, the authors have developed the multi‐dataflow composer. Nevertheless, despite the RVC offers several different tools, in its reference design framework power management is still an open issue. To make some steps forward towards filling this gap, in this study, they address power management for coarse‐grained reconfigurable systems combining structural and dynamic strategies, both to be applied at the dataflow level.