Towards Energy-Conscious Class Transformations for Data-Dominant Applications: a Case Study

TitleTowards Energy-Conscious Class Transformations for Data-Dominant Applications: a Case Study
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsTemmerman, M, Daylight E, Demeyer S, Catthoor F, Dhaene T
EditorDe Bosschere, K
Conference NameProceedings {PA3CT}'03 (3rd PA3CT Symposium)
Abstract

For data-dominant applications running on embedded systems, the energy consumed by the data memory organisation represents a very large cost. We present a method to explore the design space of an objectoriented application in order to optimise the energy consumption and the footprint of the memory. Because we are working at the class design level, we can exploit the functionality of the system and focus on optimising the data related properties of the classes. We demonstrate our technique with a case study in which we achieve a gain of at least 35% in the energy cost factor.