MC3 2014 - MULTI-CORE AND MANY-CORE SYSTEMS FOR EMBEDDED COMPUTING (MC)3

Recent trends in the microprocessor industry have important ramifications for the design of the next generation of embedded computing systems. By increasing number of cores, it is possible to improve the performance while keeping the power consumption unchanged. This trend has reached the deployment stage in embedded systems ranging from small ultramobile devices to large telecommunication servers. It is also expected that the number of cores in these systems rises dramatically in the near future.
Although these systems can potentially provide significant performance benefits, in practice, there are technical challenges associated with such increased integration of homogeneous (processors) and heterogeneous multiple cores. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the physical details of both software and hardware in embedded architectures, as well as their limitations and potential for future growth.
This special session addresses all aspects of multi-core and many-core embedded systems design. It presents new ideas in the multi-core field such as theory and modeling, scalable and fault tolerant design approaches and frameworks, algorithms, software, tools and applications, analysis and comparison, design techniques and emerging implementations.
Authors are invited to submit high quality papers representing original work from both the academia and industry in (but not limited to) the following topics:
Design space exploration and design methodology for embedded multi-core and many-core systems
Specification and Formal modeling of embedded multi-core and many-core systems
Multi-core/many-core embedded system design challenges
Parallel programming and software for embedded multi-core and many-core systems
Memory management
3D architectures, integration and synthesis for embedded multi-core and many-core systems
On-chip communication architectures and networks-on-chip for embedded systems
Heterogeneous multi-core and many-core architectures
Hardware/software co-design
Simulation, validation and verification
QoS management and performance analysis
Multi-core and many-core cyber-physical systems
Programming languages and compilers
Thermal-, energy-, and power-aware architectures
Monitoring and reconfiguration
System prototyping
Industrial practices and case studies