Multi-Core Embedded Systems

Georgios Kornaros

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781351834087
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Engineering
• Index: Computer Science

Details a real-world product that applies a cutting-edge multi-core architecture

Increasingly demanding modern applications—such as those used in telecommunications networking and real-time processing of audio, video, and multimedia streams—require multiple processors to achieve computational performance at the rate of a few giga-operations per second. This necessity for speed and manageable power consumption makes it likely that the next generation of embedded processing systems will include hundreds of cores, while being increasingly programmable, blending processors and configurable hardware in a power-efficient manner.

Multi-Core Embedded Systems presents a variety of perspectives that elucidate the technical challenges associated with such increased integration of homogeneous (processors) and heterogeneous multiple cores. It offers an analysis that industry engineers and professionals will need to understand the physical details of both software and hardware in embedded architectures, as well as their limitations and potential for future growth.

Discusses the available programming models spread across different abstraction levels

The book begins with an overview of the evolution of multiprocessor architectures for embedded applications and discusses techniques for autonomous power management of system-level parameters. It addresses the use of existing open-source (and free) tools originating from several application domains—such as traffic modeling, graph theory, parallel computing and network simulation. In addition, the authors cover other important topics associated with multi-core embedded systems, such as:

• Architectures and interconnects











• Embedded design methodologies











• Mapping of applications

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Multi-Core Architectures for Embedded Systems
• 2 Application-Specific Customizable Embedded Systems
• 3 Power Optimization in Multi-Core System-on-Chip
• 4 Routing Algorithms for Irregular Mesh-Based Network-on-Chip
• 5 Debugging Multi-Core Systems-on-Chip
• 6 System-Level Tools for NoC-Based Multi-Core Design
• 7 Compiler Techniques for Application Level Memory Optimization for MPSoC
• 8 Programming Models for Multi-Core Embedded Software
• 9 Operating System Support for Multi-Core Systems-on-Chips
• 10 Autonomous Power Management in Embedded Multi-Cores
• 11 Multi-Core System-on-Chip in Real World Products
• 12 Embedded Multi-Core Processing for Networking
• Index