00000cab a22000003a 4500 UP-99796217609611394 Buklod 20231007234430.0 m |o d | ta 110112s xx d | ||r ||||| || DENGII eng Parameswaran, S. Instruction code mapping for performance increase and energy reduction in embedded computer systems. pp. 498-502 In this paper, we present a novel and fast constructive technique that relocates the instruction code in such a manner into the main memory that the cache is utilized more efficiently. The technique is applied as a preprocessing step, i.e., before the code is executed. Our technique is applicable in embedded systems where the number and characteristics of tasks running on the system is known a priori. The technique does not impose any computational overhead to the system. As a result of applying our technique to a variety of real-world applications we observed through simulation a significant drop of cache misses. Furthermore, the energy consumption of the whole system (CPU, caches, buses, main memory) is reduced by up to 65%. These benefits could be achieved by a slightly increased main memory size of about 13% on average. Cache memories. Cache misses. Embedded computer systems. Energy consumption. Energy reduction. Instruction code mapping. Memory size. Preprocessing step. IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems 13, 4 (2005). FO UPD DENG-II Article