Title
Improving memory performance of embedded Java applications by dynamic layout modifications
Abstract
Summary form only given. Unlike desktop systems, embedded systems use different user interface technologies; have significantly smaller form factors; use a wide variety of processors; and have very tight constraints on power/energy consumption, user response time, and physical space. With its platform independence and secure execution environment, Java is fast becoming the language of choice for programming embedded systems. In order to extend its use to array based applications from embedded image and video processing, Java programmers need to employ several optimizations. Unfortunately, due to its precise exception mechanism and bytecode distribution form, it is not generally possible to use classical loop based optimization techniques for array based embedded Java applications. Observing this, this paper proposes a dynamic memory layout optimization strategy for Java applications. The strategy is based on observing the cache behavior dynamically and transforming memory layouts of arrays, when necessary, during the course of execution. This is in contrast to many previously proposed memory layout optimization strategies, which are static in nature (i.e., they are applied at compile time). Our results indicate large performance improvements on a suite of seven array based applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/IPDPS.2004.1303150
IPDPS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Java,cache storage,embedded systems,image processing,optimising compilers,parallel processing,user interfaces,array based embedded Java applications,bytecode distribution form,cache behavior,desktop systems,dynamic memory layout optimization strategy,embedded image processing,embedded systems,loop based optimization techniques,secure execution environment,user interface technologies,video processing
Embedded Java,Cache,Computer science,Compile time,Java concurrency,Parallel computing,Real time Java,Application software,Java,Bytecode,Embedded system,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2132-0
1
0.38
References 
Authors
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Li, F.110.38
Om P. Agrawal261.53
Eberhardt, G.310.38
Manavoglu, E.410.38