This thesis presents the first-ever compile-time method for allocating a portion of a program’s dynamic data to scratch-pad memory. A scratch-pad is a fast directly addressed compiler-managed SRAM memory that replaces the hardware-managed cache. It is motivated by its better real-time guarantees
This thesis addresses the issues of data management in embedded systems’ software. The complexity of developing and maintaining software has increased over the years due to increased availability of resources, e.g., more powerful CPUs and larger memories, as more functionality can be
Modern embedded systems must increasingly accommodate dynamically changing operating environments, high computational requirements, and tight time-to-market windows. Such trends and the ever-increasing design complexity of embedded systems have challenged designers to raise the level of abstraction and replace traditional ad-hoc approaches with