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Retargetable Instruction-Set Simulator for Energy Consumption Monitoring

에너지 소비 모니터링을 위한 재목적 인스트럭션-셋 시뮬레이터

  • 고광만 (상지대학교 컴퓨터정보공학부)
  • Received : 2010.12.15
  • Accepted : 2011.03.18
  • Published : 2011.03.31
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Abstract

Retargetability is typically achieved by providing target machine information, ADL, as input. The ADL are used to specify processor and memory architectures and generate software toolkit including compiler, simulator, etc. Simulator are critical components of the exploration and software design toolkit for the system designer. They can be used to perform diverse tasks such as verifying the functionality and/or timing behavior of the system, and generating quantitative measurements(e.g., power energy consumption) which can be used to aid the design process. In this paper, we generate the energy consumption estimation simulator through ADL. For this goal, firstly, we describes the energy consumption estimation and monitoring informations on the ADL based on EXPRESSION. Secondly, we generate the energy estimation and monitoring simulation library and then constructs the simulator, RenergySim. Lastly, we represent the energy estimations results for MIPS R4000 ADL description. From this subjects, we contribute to the efficient architecture developments and prompt SDK generation through programmable experiments in the field of mobile software development.

재목적성(retargetability)은 아키텍처 정보를 정형화된 형식으로 기술하여 컴파일러, 시뮬레이터와 같은 소프트웨어 개발 도구(SDK)를 생성하는데 이용된다. 시뮬레이터는 임베디드 프로세서의 설계를 하드웨어로 구현하기 전에 아키텍처의 다양한 성능 확인과 개선을 위해 소프트웨어적으로 검증할 수 있는 중요한 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 개발 도구이다. 이러한 시뮬레이터는 시스템의 기능 검증, 성능 측정, 전력 에너지 소비 측정 결과 등을 하드웨어 설계 과정에서 중요하게 활용한다. 이 논문에서는 에너지 소비 측정이 가능한 시뮬레이터를 ADL로부터 생성하기 위해 첫째 에너지 소비 측정 및 모니터링 요소를 ADL에 표현한다. 둘째, ADL 표현으로부터 에너지 측정 및 모니터링 시뮬레이션 라이브러리를 생성한 후 시뮬레이터인 RenenrgySim 을 구축한다. 마지막으로, MiPS R4000에 대한 ADL을 표현을 작성하여 에너지 소비 측정 결과를 제시한다. 이러한 연구는 모바일 임베디드 소프트웨어 개발 분야에서 소프트웨어적인 실험을 통해 효과적인 아키텍처 개발과 신속한 SDK 생성에 활용될 수 있다.

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