Power Aware Computing

With the advent of portable and autonomous computing systems, power con� sumption has emerged as a focal point in many research projects, commercial systems and Do D platforms.\n\nOne current research initiative, which drew much attention to this area, is the Power Aware Computing and Communications (PAC/C) program sponsored by DARPA. Many of the chapters in this book include results from work that have been supported by the PACIC program. The performance of computer systems has been tremendously improving while the size and weight of such systems has been constantly shrinking. The capacities of batteries relative to their sizes and weights has been also improv� ing but at a rate which is much slower than the rate of improvement in computer performance and the rate of shrinking in computer sizes. The relation between the power consumption of a computer system and it performance and size is a complex one which is very much dependent on the specific system and the technology used to build that system. We do not need a complex argument, however, to be convinced that energy and power, which is the rate of energy consumption, are becoming critical components in computer systems in gen� eral, and portable and autonomous systems, in particular. Most of the early research on power consumption in computer systems ad� dressed the issue of minimizing power in a given platform, which usually translates into minimizing energy consumption, and thus, longer battery life. Additional ISBNs 0306467860, 1441933824, 9780306467868, 9781441933829Power Aware Computing 1st Edition is written by Rami Melhem; Robert Graybill and published by Springer. ISBNs for Power Aware Computing are 9781475762174, 1475762178 and the print ISBNs are 9780306467868, 0306467860. Additional ISBNs include 0306467860, 1441933824, 9780306467868, 9781441933829.