Citation
Edward A. Lee. "Controlling Timing vs. Measuring Timing". Talk or presentation, 7, June, 2015; Keynote, Workshop on Suite of Embedded Applications and Kernels (SEAK) Design Automation Conference (DAC) San Francisco, CA.

Abstract
Embedded systems differ from many general purpose and scientific computing applications in that repeatability is often more important than performance. The goal in an embedded system is not usually to get a task done as soon as possible, but rather to get a task done reliably, on time, and with minimal energy consumption. Benchmarking, however, is typically focused on performance, not repeatability. In this talk, I will argue that when the primary goal is repeatability, design decisions can be very different, and benchmarking needs to be done differently. I will describe the Berkeley PRET project, which shows that embedded processors can be designed to deliver repeatable timing, and with appropriately adjusted measures, with no loss in performance.

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  Edward A. Lee. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1103.html"
  ><i>Controlling Timing vs. Measuring
  Timing</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  7, June,
  2015; Keynote, Workshop on Suite of Embedded Applications
  and Kernels (SEAK) Design Automation Conference (DAC) San
  Francisco, CA.

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  Edward A. Lee. "Controlling Timing vs. Measuring
  Timing". Talk or presentation,  7, June, 2015; Keynote,
  Workshop on Suite of Embedded Applications and Kernels
  (SEAK) Design Automation Conference (DAC) San Francisco, CA.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{Lee15_ControllingTimingVsMeasuringTiming,
      author = {Edward A. Lee},
      title = {Controlling Timing vs. Measuring Timing},
      day = {7},
      month = {June},
      year = {2015},
      note = {Keynote, Workshop on Suite of Embedded
                Applications and Kernels (SEAK) Design Automation
                Conference (DAC) San Francisco, CA.},
      abstract = {Embedded systems differ from many general purpose
                and scientific computing applications in that
                repeatability is often more important than
                performance. The goal in an embedded system is not
                usually to get a task done as soon as possible,
                but rather to get a task done reliably, on time,
                and with minimal energy consumption. Benchmarking,
                however, is typically focused on performance, not
                repeatability. In this talk, I will argue that
                when the primary goal is repeatability, design
                decisions can be very different, and benchmarking
                needs to be done differently. I will describe the
                Berkeley PRET project, which shows that embedded
                processors can be designed to deliver repeatable
                timing, and with appropriately adjusted measures,
                with no loss in performance.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/1103.html}
  }
  

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