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The Art of Software Thermal Management for Embedded Systems

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Mark Benson

    1. Plymouth, USA

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  • Explains fundamentals of software thermal management as well as techniques and frameworks to make it happen
  • Positions software engineers alongside electrical engineers and mechanical engineers when it comes to thermal management in complex embedded systems
  • Focuses on power management as a way to forego the generation of heat and provides a catalog of pragmatic approaches for doing so
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Foundation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Introduction to Software Thermal Management

      • Mark Benson
      Pages 3-11

    3. Landscape: History, Present Barriers, and The Road Forward

      • Mark Benson
      Pages 13-45

    4. Roots: A Bedrock of Giants

      • Mark Benson
      Pages 47-75

  3. Catalog

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Techniques: Putting the Silicon to Work

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      Pages 79-93

    3. Frameworks: Choreographing the Parts

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      Pages 95-114

    4. Frontiers: The Future of Software Thermal Management

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      Pages 115-119

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 121-124
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About this book

This book introduces Software Thermal Management (STM) as a means of reducing power consumption in a computing system in order to manage heat, improve component reliability and increase system safety. Readers will benefit from this pragmatic guide to the field of STM for embedded systems and its catalog of software power management techniques. Since thermal management is a key bottleneck in embedded systems design, this book focuses on root cause of heat in embedded systems: power. Since software has an enormous impact on power consumption in an embedded system, this book urges software engineers to manage heat effectively by understanding, categorizing and developing new ways to reduce static and dynamic power consumption. Whereas most books on thermal management describe mechanisms to remove heat, this book focuses on ways for software engineers to avoid generating heat in the first place.

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  • Plymouth, USA

    Mark Benson

About the author

Mark Benson is the Chief Technology Officer at Exosite. Mark frequently speaks at and writes for industry events and maintains Exosite’s intellectual property portfolio. Prior to joining Exosite, Mark developed deep experience leading cross-functional teams in the development of high-tech and portable embedded product designs for medical, industrial and military applications. Mark holds an MS in Software Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a BS in Computer Science from Bethel University.

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