The main function of a continuous media server is to concurrently stream data from storage to multiple clients over a network. The resulting streams will congest the host CPU bus,...
Software pipelining is a critical optimization for producing efficient code for VLIW/EPIC and superscalar processors in highperformance embedded applications such as digital sign...
This paper presents the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), a structured technique for understanding the tradeoffs inherent in design. This method was developed to provi...
Rick Kazman, Mark H. Klein, Mario Barbacci, Thomas...
Architectural quality constitutes a critical factor for contemporary software systems, especially because of their size and the needs for frequent, quick changes. For success-crit...
— The share of software in embedded systems has been growing permanently in the recent years. Thus, software architecture as well as its evaluation have become important parts of...