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LCTES 2019
Sat 22 - Fri 28 June 2019 Phoenix, Arizona, United States
co-located with PLDI 2019
Sun 23 Jun 2019 11:35 - 11:50 at 105A - Session 2: Architecture and Compilers Chair(s): Na Meng

Transiently-powered computers (TPCs) lay the basis for a battery-less Internet of Things, using energy harvesting and small capacitors to power their operation. This power supply is characterized by extreme variations in supply voltage, as capacitors charge when harvesting energy and discharge when computing. We experimentally find that these variations cause marked fluctuations in clock speed and power consumption, which determine energy efficiency. We demonstrate that it is possible to accurately model and concretely capitalize on these fluctuations. We derive an energy model as a function of supply voltage and develop EPIC, a compile-time energy analysis tool. We use EPIC to substitute for the constant power assumption in existing analysis techniques, giving programmers accurate information on worst-case energy consumption of programs. When using EPIC with existing TPC system support, run-time energy efficiency drastically improves, eventually leading up to a 350% speedup in the time to complete a fixed workload. Further, when using EPIC with existing debugging tools, programmers avoid unnecessary program changes that hurt energy efficiency.

Sun 23 Jun

Displayed time zone: Tijuana, Baja California change

11:20 - 12:35
Session 2: Architecture and CompilersLCTES 2019 at 105A
Chair(s): Na Meng Virginia Tech
11:20
15m
Full-paper
From Java to Real-Time Java: A Model-Driven Methodology with Automated Toolchain (Invited)
LCTES 2019
Wanli Chang University of York, Shuai Zhao University of York, Ran Wei University of York, Andy Wellings University of York, Alan Burns University of York
11:35
15m
Full-paper
The Betrayal of Constant Power × Time: Finding the Missing Joules of Transiently-Powered Computers
LCTES 2019
Saad Ahmed LUMS, Pakistan, Abu Bakar Northwestern University, US, Naveed Anwar Bhatti RISE, Sweden, Muhammad Hamad Alizai LUMS, Pakistan, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui , Luca Mottola Politecnico di Milano, Italy and RI.Se SICS, Sweden
11:50
15m
Full-paper
WCET-Aware Hyper-Block Construction for Clustered VLIW Processors
LCTES 2019
Xuesong Su UNSW Sydney, Hui Wu University of New South Wales, Australia, Jingling Xue UNSW Sydney
12:05
15m
Full-paper
SPECTRUM: A Software Defined Predictable Many-core Architecture for LTE Baseband Processing
LCTES 2019
Vanchinathan Venkataramani National University of Singapore, Aditi Kulkarni National University of Singapore, Tulika Mitra National University of Singapore, Singapore, Li-Shiuan Peh National University of Singapore
12:20
15m
Full-paper
Efficient Intermittent Computing with Differential Checkpointing
LCTES 2019
Saad Ahmed LUMS, Pakistan, Naveed Anwar Bhatti RISE, Sweden, Muhammad Hamad Alizai LUMS, Pakistan, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui , Luca Mottola Politecnico di Milano, Italy and RI.Se SICS, Sweden