Sustainable Performance for High-Performance Embedded Computing Systems

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Conference proceedings (34)

On the reliability of hardware event monitors in MPSoCs for critical domains

Author(s): Javier Barrera, Leonidas Kosmidis, Hamid Tabani, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Mikel Fernandez, Guillem Bernat, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2020, Page(s) 580-589
DOI: 10.1145/3341105.3373955

Timing of Autonomous Driving Software: Problem Analysis and Prospects for Future Solutions

Author(s): Miguel Alcon, Hamid Tabani, Leonidas Kosmidis, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2020 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2020, Page(s) 267-280
DOI: 10.1109/rtas48715.2020.000-1

A Reliable Statistical Analysis of the Best-Fit Distribution for High Execution Times

Author(s): Xavier Civit, Joan del Castillo, Jaume Abella
Published in: 2018 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2018, Page(s) 727-734
DOI: 10.1109/dsd.2018.00012

ePAPI: Performance Application ProgrammingInterface for Embedded Platforms

Author(s): Jeremy Giesen, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Enrique Fernández, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 19th International Workshop on Worst-Case Execution Time Analysis (WCET 2019), 2019, Page(s) 3:1--3:13
DOI: 10.4230/oasics.wcet.2019.3

HWP: Hardware Support to Reconcile Cache Energy, Complexity, Performance and WCET Estimates in Multicore Real-Time Systems

Author(s): Pedro Benedicte, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 29th International Conference on Probabilistic, Combinatorial and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms, 2018, Page(s) 3:1-3:22
DOI: 10.4230/lipics.ecrts.2018.3

UP2DATE: Safe and secure over-the-air software updates on high-performance mixed-criticality systems

Author(s): Irune Agirre, Peio Onaindia, Tomasso Poggi, Irune Yarza, Francisco J. Cazorla, Leonidas Kosmidis, Kim Gruttner, Mohammed Abuteir, Jan Loewe, Juan M. Orbegozo, Stefania Botta
Published in: 2020 23rd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2020, Page(s) 344-351
DOI: 10.1109/dsd51259.2020.00063

Industrial experiences with resource management under software randomization in ARINC653 avionics environments

Author(s): Leonidas Kosmidis, Cristian Maxim, Victor Jegu, Francis Vatrinet, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2018, Page(s) 1-7
DOI: 10.1145/3240765.3240818

An Academic RISC-V Silicon Implementation Based on Open-Source Components

Author(s): Jaume Abella, Calvin Bulla, Guillem Cabo, Francisco J. Cazorla, Adrian Cristal, Max Doblas, Roger Figueras, Alberto Gonzalez, Carles Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Victor Jimenez, Leonidas Kosmidis, Vatistas Kostalabros, Ruben Langarita, Neiel Leyva, Guillem Lopez-Paradis, Joan Marimon, Ricardo Martinez, Jonnatan Mendoza, Francesc Moll, Miquel Moreto, Julian Pavon, Cristobal Ramirez, Marco A. Ramirez
Published in: 2020 XXXV Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems (DCIS), 2020, Page(s) 1-6
DOI: 10.1109/dcis51330.2020.9268664

Tracing Hardware Monitors in the GR712RC Multicore Platform: Challenges and Lessons Learnt from a Space Case Study.

Author(s): Xavier Palomo, Sylvain Girbal, Jaume Abella, Laurent Rioux, Mikel Fernández, Enrico Mezzetti, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 32nd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2020), 2020, Page(s) 15:1--15:25
DOI: 10.4230/lipics.ecrts.2020.15

Modeling Contention Interference in Crossbar-based Systems via Sequence-Aware Pairing (SeAP)

Author(s): Jeremy Giesen, Pedro Benedicte, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2020 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2020, Page(s) 253-266
DOI: 10.1109/rtas48715.2020.000-2

GPU4S: Embedded GPUs in Space

Author(s): Leonidas Kosmidis, Jerome Lachaize, Jaume Abella, Olivier Notebaert, Francisco J. Cazorla, David Steenari
Published in: 2019 22nd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2019, Page(s) 399-405
DOI: 10.1109/dsd.2019.00064

Leveraging hardware QoS to control contention in the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

Author(s): Alejandro Serrano-Cases, Juan M. Reina, Jaume Abella, Enrico Mezzetti, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 33rd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2021), 2021
DOI: 10.4230/lipics.ecrts.2021.3

Maximum-Contention Control Unit (MCCU): Resource Access Count and Contention Time Enforcement

Author(s): Jordi Cardona, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2019, Page(s) 710-715
DOI: 10.23919/date.2019.8715155

IntPred - flexible, fast, and accurate object detection for autonomous driving systems

Author(s): Hamid Tabani, Matteo Fusi, Leonidas Kosmidis, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2020, Page(s) 564-571
DOI: 10.1145/3341105.3373918

Towards limiting the impact of timing anomalies in complex real-time processors

Author(s): Pedro Benedicte, Jaume Abella, Carles Hernandez, Enrico Mezzetti, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 24th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference on - ASPDAC '19, 2019, Page(s) 27-32
DOI: 10.1145/3287624.3287655

Accurate ILP-Based Contention Modeling on Statically Scheduled Multicore Systems

Author(s): Xavier Palomo, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Reinder J. Bril, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2019, Page(s) 15-28
DOI: 10.1109/RTAS.2019.00010

LAEC: Look-Ahead Error Correction Codes in Embedded Processors L1 Data Cache

Author(s): Pedro Benedicte, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2019, Page(s) 818-823
DOI: 10.23919/DATE.2019.8714877

Performance Analysis and Optimization of Automotive GPUs

Author(s): Fabio Mazzocchetti, Pedro Benedicte, Hamid Tabani, Leonidas Kosmidis, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 31st International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), 2019, Page(s) 96-103
DOI: 10.1109/SBAC-PAD.2019.00027

On assessing the viability of probabilistic scheduling with dependent tasks

Author(s): Jaume Abella, Enrico Mezzetti, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing - SAC '19, 2019, Page(s) 625-634
DOI: 10.1145/3297280.3297339

Assessing the Adherence of an Industrial Autonomous Driving Framework to ISO 26262 Software Guidelines

Author(s): Hamid Tabani, Leonidas Kosmidis, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla, Guillem Bernat
Published in: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Design Automation Conference 2019 on - DAC '19, 2019, Page(s) 1-6
DOI: 10.1145/3316781.3317779

NoCo: ILP-Based Worst-Case Contention Estimation for Mesh Real-Time Manycores

Author(s): Jordi Cardona, Carles Hernandez, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2018 IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2018, Page(s) 265-276
DOI: 10.1109/RTSS.2018.00043

ePAPI: Performance Application ProgrammingInterface for Embedded Platforms

Author(s): Giesen, Jeremy; Mezzetti, Enrico; Abella, Jaume; Fernández, Enrique; Cazorla, Francisco J.
Published in: 2019
DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.WCET.2019.3

Generating and Exploiting Deep Learning Variants to Increase Heterogeneous Resource Utilization in the NVIDIA Xavier

Author(s): Pujol, Roger; Tabani, Hamid; Kosmidis, Leonidas; Mezzetti, Enrico; Abella, Jaume; Cazorla, Francisco J.
Published in: 2019
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ECRTS.2019.23

An On-board Algorithm Implementation on an Embedded GPU: A Space Case Study

Author(s): Ivan Rodriguez, Leonidas Kosmidis, Olivier Notebaert, Francisco J. Cazorla, David Steenari
Published in: 2020 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2020, Page(s) 1718-1719
DOI: 10.23919/date48585.2020.9116538

A Cross-Layer Review of Deep Learning Frameworks to Ease Their Optimization and Reuse

Author(s): Hamid Tabani, Roger Pujol, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2020 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC), 2020, Page(s) 144-145
DOI: 10.1109/isorc49007.2020.00030

Software Timing Analysis for Complex Hardware with Survivability and Risk Analysis

Author(s): Sergi Vilardell, Isabel Serra, Jaume Abella, Joan Del Castillo, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 IEEE 37th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2019, Page(s) 227-236
DOI: 10.1109/iccd46524.2019.00036

CleanET - enabling timing validation for complex automotive systems

Author(s): Sergi Vilardell, Isabel Serra, Hamid Tabani, Jaume Abella, Joan Del Castillo, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2020, Page(s) 554-563
DOI: 10.1145/3341105.3373871

An Approach for Detecting Power Peaks During Testing and Breaking Systematic Pathological Behavior

Author(s): David Trilla, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 22nd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2019, Page(s) 538-545
DOI: 10.1109/dsd.2019.00083

Generating and Exploiting Deep Learning Variants to Increase Heterogeneous Resource Utilization in the NVIDIA Xavier

Author(s): Roger Pujol, Hamid Tabani, Leonidas Kosmidis, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 31st Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2019), 2019, Page(s) 23:1--23:23
DOI: 10.4230/lipics.ecrts.2019.23

En-Route - on enabling resource usage testing for autonomous driving frameworks

Author(s): Miguel Alcon, Hamid Tabani, Jaume Abella, Leonidas Kosmidis, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2020, Page(s) 1953-1962
DOI: 10.1145/3341105.3373938

MUCH - exploiting pairwise hardware event monitor correlations for improved timing analysis of complex MPSoCs

Author(s): Sergi Vilardell, Isabel Serra, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2021, Page(s) 511-520
DOI: 10.1145/3412841.3441931

Modeling the Impact of Process Variations in Worst-Case Energy Consumption Estimation

Author(s): David Trilla, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2019 22nd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), 2019, Page(s) 601-605
DOI: 10.1109/dsd.2019.00092

Understanding and Exploiting the Internals of GPU Resource Allocation for Critical Systems

Author(s): Alejandro J. Calderon, Leonidas Kosmidis, Carlos F. Nicolas, Francisco J. Cazorla, Peio Onaindia
Published in: 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2019, Page(s) 1-8
DOI: 10.1109/iccad45719.2019.8942170

Empirical Evidence for MPSoCs in Critical Systems: The Case of NXP's T2080 Cache Coherence

Author(s): Roger Pujol, Hamid Tabani, Jaume Abella, Mohamed Hassan, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: 2021 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2021, Page(s) 1162-1165
DOI: 10.23919/date51398.2021.9474078

Peer reviewed articles (8)

GPU4S: Embedded GPUs in space - Latest project updates

Author(s): Leonidas Kosmidis, Iván Rodriguez, Álvaro Jover, Sergi Alcaide, Jérôme Lachaize, Jaume Abella, Olivier Notebaert, Francisco J. Cazorla, David Steenari
Published in: Microprocessors and Microsystems, Issue 77, 2020, Page(s) 103143, ISSN 0141-9331
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2020.103143

HRM: Merging Hardware Event Monitors for Improved Timing Analysis of Complex MPSoCs

Author(s): Sergi Vilardell, Isabel Serra, Roberto Santalla, Enrico Mezzetti, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Issue 39/11, 2020, Page(s) 3662-3673, ISSN 0278-0070
DOI: 10.1109/tcad.2020.3013051

GMAI

Author(s): Alejandro J. Calderón, Leonidas Kosmidis, Carlos F. Nicolás, Francisco J. Cazorla, Peio Onaindia
Published in: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, Issue 19/5, 2020, Page(s) 1-23, ISSN 1539-9087
DOI: 10.1145/3391896

Probabilistic Worst-Case Timing Analysis

Author(s): Francisco J. Cazorla, Leonidas Kosmidis, Enrico Mezzetti, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Tullio Vardanega
Published in: ACM Computing Surveys, Issue 52/1, 2019, Page(s) 1-35, ISSN 0360-0300
DOI: 10.1145/3301283

Performance Analysis and Optimization Opportunities for NVIDIA Automotive GPUs

Author(s): Hamid Tabani, Fabio Mazzocchetti, Pedro Benedicte, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Issue 152, 2021, Page(s) 21-32, ISSN 0743-7315
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2021.02.008

Safety-Related Challenges and Opportunities for GPUs in the Automotive Domain

Author(s): Sergi Alcaide, Leonidas Kosmidis, Hamid Tabani, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: IEEE Micro, Issue 38/6, 2018, Page(s) 46-55, ISSN 0272-1732
DOI: 10.1109/MM.2018.2873870

EOmesh: Combined Flow Balancing and Deterministic Routing for Reduced WCET Estimates in Embedded Real-Time Systems

Author(s): Jordi Cardona, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Issue 37/11, 2018, Page(s) 2451-2461, ISSN 0278-0070
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2018.2857298

Locality-aware cache random replacement policies

Author(s): Pedro Benedicte, Carles Hernandez, Jaume Abella, Francisco J. Cazorla
Published in: Journal of Systems Architecture, Issue 93, 2019, Page(s) 48-61, ISSN 1383-7621
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2018.12.007