Embedded computer systems use both offtheshelf microprocessors andapplicationspecific integrated circuits ASICs to implement specializedsystem functions. Exampl... » 

Embedded computer systems use both offtheshelf microprocessors andapplicationspecific integrated circuits ASICs to implement specializedsystem functions. Examples include the electronic systems inside laserprinters cellular phones microwave ovens and an automobile antilock brakecontroller. Embedded computing is unique because it is a codesign problem the hardware engine and application software architecture must be designedsimultaneously. HardwareSoftware CoSynthesis of Distributed Embedded Systemsproposes new techniques such as fixedpoint iterations phase adjustment andseparation analysis to efficiently estimate tight bounds on the delay requiredfor a set of multirate processes preemptively scheduled on a realtimereactive distributed system. Based on the delay bounds a gradientsearch cosynthesis algorithm with new techniques such as sensitivity analysis priorityprediction and idle processing elements elimination are developed to selectthe number and types of processing elements in a distributed engine anddetermine the allocation and scheduling of processes to processing elements.New communication modeling is also presented to analyze communication delayunder interaction of computation and communication allocate interprocessorcommunication links and schedule communication. HardwareSoftware CoSynthesisof Distributed Embedded Systems is the first book to describe techniques forthe design of distributed embedded systems which have arbitrary hardware andsoftware topologies. The book will be of interest to academic researchers forpersonal libraries and advancedtopics courses in codesign as well asindustrial designers who are building highperformance realtime embeddedsystems with multiple processors. «