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Power Aware Operating Systems, Compilers, and Application Software

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What does a compiler have to do with power dissipation? A compiler is a piece of system software that parses a high level language, performs optimizing transformations, and finally generates code for execution on a processor. On the surface, it seems very far removed from an electrical phenomenon like power dissipation. Yet, it was not long before the two got inextricably linked. The involvement of the compiler along with the processor architecture in the design space exploration loop of application specific systems (ASIPs) might have eased the transition. In this scenario, compiler analysis can actually influence the choice of architectural parameters of the final processor. Clearly, if a low power system consisting of an application running on a processor is desired, the selected processor architecture has to work in tandem with the compiler and application programmer – an architectural feature is useless if it is not properly exploited by the code generated by a compiler or written by a programmer. Low power instruction encoding is an example optimization that features the compiler in a central role with the explicit role of reducing power. In an ASIP, the opcode decisions need not be fixed, and could be tuned to the application. Since the compiler has an intimate knowledge of the application, it could anticipate the transition patterns between consecutive instructions from the program layout and suggest an encoding of instructions that reduces switching power arising out of the fetch, transmission, and storage of sequences of instructions. Modern compiler designers are investigating the development of power awareness in a more direct way in general purpose processor systems, not just ASIPs. The role of the compiler and application programmer grows along with the concomitant provision of hooks and control mechanisms introduced by the hardware to support high level decision making on power-related issues.

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Panda, P.R., Shrivastava, A., Silpa, B.V.N., Gummidipudi, K. (2010). Power Aware Operating Systems, Compilers, and Application Software. In: Power-efficient System Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6388-8_5

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