Eder, Kerstin, Gallagher, John P., Lopez-Garcia, Pedro, Muller, Henk, Bankovic, Zorana, Georgiou, Kyriakos, Haemmerle, Remy, Hermenegildo, Manuel V., Kafle, Bishoksan, Kerrison, Steve, Kirkeby, Maja, Klemen, Maximiliano, Li, Xueliang, Liqat, Umer, Morse, Jeremy, Rhiger, Morten, and Rosendahl, Mads (2016) ENTRA: Whole-Systems Energy Transparency. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 47. pp. 278-286.

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Abstract

Promoting energy efficiency to a first class system design goal is an important research challenge. Although more energy-efficient hardware can be designed, it is software that controls the hardware; for a given system the potential for energy savings is likely to be much greater at the higher levels of abstraction in the system stack. Thus the greatest savings are expected from energy-aware software development, which is the vision of the EU ENTRA project. This article presents the concept of energy transparency as a foundation for energy-aware software development. We show how energy modelling of hardware is combined with static analysis to allow the programmer to understand the energy consumption of a program without executing it, thus enabling exploration of the design space taking energy into consideration. The paper concludes by summarising the current and future challenges identified in the ENTRA project.

Item ID:	68100
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1872-9236
Copyright Information:	© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2025 22:41
FoR Codes:	40 ENGINEERING > 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware > 400903 Digital processor architectures @ 33% 46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 4612 Software engineering > 461207 Software quality, processes and metrics @ 34% 40 ENGINEERING > 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware > 400904 Electronic device and system performance evaluation, testing and simulation @ 33%
SEO Codes:	17 ENERGY > 1701 Energy efficiency > 170102 Industrial energy efficiency @ 50% 22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2204 Information systems, technologies and services > 220404 Computer systems @ 50%
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