The Art of Software Thermal Management for Embedded Systems
Authors: Benson, Mark
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction to Software Thermal Management
Pages 3-11
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Landscape: History, Present Barriers, and The Road Forward
Pages 13-45
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Roots: A Bedrock of Giants
Pages 47-75
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Techniques: Putting the Silicon to Work
Pages 79-93
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Frameworks: Choreographing the Parts
Pages 95-114
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Art of Software Thermal Management for Embedded Systems
- Authors
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- Mark Benson
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4939-0298-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4939-0298-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-0297-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-4711-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 124
- Number of Illustrations
- 49 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics