Abstract
This chapter introduces accurate and efficient power metrics included in a hardware/software (HW/SW) codesign environment to guide the system-level partitioning. Embedded systems are computing and control systems designed for dedicated applications where ad hoc software routines are provided to respond to specific requirements. The diffusion on the semiconductor market of standard processors, characterized by high performance and reasonable prices, contributed to increase the importance of embedded systems. The typical embedded system architecture is constituted by one or more dedicated hardware units such as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to implement the hardware part, and a set of software routines running on a dedicated processor or application specific instruction processor (ASIP) for the software part. The need for low-power embedded systems has become very significant within the microelectronics scenario in the most recent years. A power-driven methodology is mandatory during embedded systems design to meet system-level requirements while fulfilling time-to-market.
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