Title
High-level energy consumption model of embedded graphic processors
Abstract
Embedded graphic processing unit (GPU) is an indispensable component in enabling real-time rendering and graphic applications on mobile devices. However, embedded GPU consumes a considerable energy [1] which is critical for battery-operated devices. To understand the energy consumption of a graphic application, conventional approaches suggested the energy model based on hardware performance counters. However, those low-level energy models are mainly derived from GPUs of desktop computers, and they cannot be applied to embedded GPUs directly and the low-level models are less intuitive from a programmer's point of view. In this study, we consider a high-level energy consumption model for embedded graphic processors, and then we can estimate energy consumption of a graphic application based on graphic attributes of a scene. We conduct a number of experiments on real platforms to validate the proposed model. Our experimental results demonstrate that an average energy estimation error rate of 7.30% can be achieved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ICDSP.2015.7251839
2015 IEEE International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Embedded GPU,Graphic Applications,Power Consumption,Energy model,Mobile Devices
Programmer,Computer science,Word error rate,Mobile device,Rendering (computer graphics),Computer hardware,Energy consumption,Energy estimation,Power consumption
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1546-1874
1
0.37
References 
Authors
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chen-Wei Huang11259.03
Yu-An Chung210.37
Pei Shu Huang312.06
Shiao-li Tsao439655.77