Conclusions and Future Work
Thread Integration enables hardware to software migration
- Cuts system size, weight, cost
- Helps embedded systems benefit from ever-falling CPU cost (in 2003, $0.01 per MIPS)
- Domain will grow as CPU speeds increase
Post-pass compiler tool integrates threads and guarantees real-time performance
Next steps:
- Enhance tool for greater automation
- Extend TI to improve real-time performance
References:
- Details of transformations appear in “Techniques for Software Thread Integration in Real-Time Embedded Systems,” A.G. Dean and J.P. Shen, Real-Time Systems Symposium, Dec. 2-4, 1998
- Further information at www.ece.cmu.edu/~adean