CRCD/EI: Incorporating Power-Aware Computing Techniques Into the Curriculum

将功耗感知计算技术引入课堂摘要功耗感知计算已经成为工业界和学术界研究和开发的一个重要领域。 已经开发了用于减少能量消耗的各种技术。 为实现降低的功率和能量而开发的技术涵盖了计算机系统设计的许多阶段，包括电路、电压缩放、微体系结构、操作系统和编译器。 我们的总体目标是将功率感知技术纳入研究生和本科课程。 该项目的资金将用于开发这方面的概念验证，包括开发涵盖以下主题的教学模块：（一）功率模拟器，（二）静态和动态功耗源，（三）作为降低高端处理器功耗的一种手段的获取节流，以及（四）实时系统中的电压缩放技术。 我们将制定详细的计划，为两个课程序列在功耗感知计算。 本课程适合于以前接触过计算机体系结构、操作系统和编译器的学生。 它将包括特殊用途的应用程序，如嵌入式系统。 最后，我们将详细开发一个评估框架，通过该框架可以测量和改进我们的产品质量。

Incorporating Power-aware Computing Techniques into the ClassroomAbstractPower-aware computing has become a significant area of research and development both in industry and academia. Various techniques for reducing the energy consumption have been developed. The techniques developed for achieving the reduced power and energy cover many phases of the computer system design including circuits, voltage scaling, micro-architectures, operating systems, and compilers.The current curriculum and the available textbooks for the relevant computer engineering courses do not adequately address power-aware computing. Our overall aim is to incorporate power-aware techniques into both the graduate and undergraduate curricula. Funds derived from this project will be used to develop a proof-of-concept in this regard.The proof-of-concept will consist of developing instructional modules covering the following topics: (i) Power simulators, (ii) Static and Dynamic sources of power consumption, (iii) Fetch throttling as a means of reducing power consumption in high-end processors, and (iv) Voltage-scaling techniques in real-time systems. We will develop detailed plans for a two-course sequence in power-aware computing. This course sequence will be suitable for students who have had some prior exposure to computer architecture, operating systems, and compilers. It will include special-purpose applications such as embedded systems. Finally, we will develop in detail, an evaluation framework by which the quality of our offerings can be measured and improved.