CS244 Winter 2012 Project TopicsCS244 Winter 2012 Project TopicsResearch SurveyResearch Survey must include:- Brief introduction on the topic by referring to earliest work- Advantages of the research/topic- Challenges- Existing solutions in literature (from earliest to most recent work) and brief comparison- Future trends and premises of the proposed research- Complete reference list (use ACM library and IEEE explore to access the papers)1. Embedded Memories: Scratch Pad memoriesSample paper: Banakar, R., Steinke, S., Lee, B., Balakrishnan, M., and Marwedel, P. 2002. Scratchpad memory: design alternative for cache on-chip memory in embedded systems. In Proceedings of the Tenth international Symposium on Hardware/Software Codesign CODES '02. 73-78. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/774789.7748052. Power Management in Embedded Processor through voltage/frequency scalingStart paper: Hong, I., Kirovski, D., Qu, G., Potkonjak, M., and Srivastava, M. B. 1998. Power optimization of variable voltage core-based systems. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Design Automation Conference, 1998). DAC '98. 176-181. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/277044.2770883. Code Optimization for Embedded SystemsSample paper: Šimunić, T., Benini, L., De Micheli, G., and Hans, M. 2000. Source code optimization and profiling of energy consumption in embedded systems. In Proceedings of the 13th international Symposium on System Synthesis,193-198. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/501790.5018314. Hardware/software co-simulationSample paper: Rowson, J. A. 1994. Hardware/software co-simulation. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual Design Automation Conference, 1994). DAC '94. 439-440. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/196244.1964585. Instruction Set Extensible ProcessorsSample: Joseph A. Fisher, "Customized Instruction-Sets For Embedded Processors," Design Automation Conference, pp. 253-257, 36th Annual Conference on Design Automation (DAC'99), 1999.6. Network on ChipSample paper: “On-chip networks: a scalable, communication-centric embedded system design paradigm”, by Henkel, J.; Wolf, W.; Chakradhar, S. Proceedings. 17th International Conference on VLIS Design, 2004 Page(s): 845 – 8517. Energy harvesting in embedded systemsSample paper: Vijay Raghunathan; Kansal, A.; Hsu, J.; Friedman, J.; Mani Srivastava; , "Design considerations for solar energy harvesting wireless embedded systems," Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2005. IPSN 2005. Fourth International Symposium on , vol., no., pp. 457- 462, 15 April 2005Embedded System Application SurveyYour survey should include explanation on the following aspects of application1- Objective of the system2- Characteristic and behavior3- Define the intensity of embedded system oriented metrics such real time, power, portability, cost, battery life, etc….4- HW and SW components 5- Different products in the market and their comparison (For some products or all, provide clock frequency, power consumption, battery life time, etc.)6- Its brief history7- Its future trend and challengesSome examples are:1- Pedometer (wireless, with navigation, energy saving, motion tolerance, etc.)2- Pacemaker3- GPS4- Modem/router5- Mp3 players6- Advanced security alarm7- Fingerprint detection8- Automotive applications9- Many more examples in multimedia, transportation, medical, and security. Pick one that you are
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