The central idea behind interface-based design is to describe components by a component interface. In contrast to a component description that describes what a component does, a c...
The vision of pervasive or ubiquitous computing, conceived by Mark Weiser, foresees a world where computing is embedded in every day objects. Such objects interact with each other...
Energy efficiency is rapidly becoming a first class optimization parameter for modern systems. Caches are critical to the overall performance and thus, modern processors (both hig...
Reconfigurable Processors utilize a reconfigurable fabric (to implement application-specific accelerators) and may perform runtime reconfigurations to exchange the set of deployed...
Embedded systems such as smart cards or sensors are now widespread, but are often closed systems, only accessed via dedicated terminals. A new trend consists in embedding Web serv...
Simon Duquennoy, Gilles Grimaud, Jean-Jacques Vand...