Year: 2006
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter presents a low power architecture of a Java processor. We show that the use of techniques like pipeline and the implementation of the stack in a register bank instead of using the main memory allow aggressive reduction of power dissipation, with a very small area overhead. Besides, thanks to the forwarding technique and to the specific stack machine organization, huge power savings can be obtained when applying this technique to a pipelined implementation of the architecture. Several examples of embedded applications are used to show the power savings obtained through the architecture optimization
Authors: Antonio Carlos S. Beck, Luigi Cairo
Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1550832755