Research

Computer Sciences and Information Technology

Title :

Power Aware Compiler for Embedded Processors

Area of research :

Computer Sciences and Information Technology

Focus area :

CAD for Reliability and Safety, ICT Tools for Healthcare and Assistive Technology, Industrial and Medical Internet of Things, Smart City

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Bibhas Ghoshal, Assistant Professor, Department of Information & Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad

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Executive Summary :

As embedded systems are becoming more computationally intensive, power consumption has gained importance vis-a-vis performance. Software based control of different components in embedded devices has paved the way for development of compilation and operating strategies to reduce power dissipation in these devices. However, research suggests that majority of low power optimization techniques have been by-product of performance optimizations. In this work, we wish to explore different compiler based optimization techniques specifically targeting low power embedded devices and then develop these techniques as libraries which can be integrated in any compilation flow for embedded systems. Next, each of the considered technique would be evaluated for its benefit by performing physical measurements on different target systems for a set of representative benchmarks. Finally, we plan to integrate the developed libraries in LLVM compiler infrastructure framework to provide a complete power aware compiler solution for embedded devices.

Co-PI:

Prof. Indranil Sengupta, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Total Budget (INR):

40,46,000

Organizations involved