Embedded Multi-Core Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Multicore technology is becoming one of the best solutions to improve the performance of embedded systems, as it can significantly boost computer speed and efficiency. However, just simply adding more CPU cores never results in a perfect performance scaling. The performance of any parallelized program depends on many factors, such as the amount of dependencies between its subroutines, the ability to manage shared resources while maintaining consistent concurrency across large number of cores, and the system capability of meeting task deadlines for real-time applications. Other factors, such as preserving legacy codes and tool shortcomings, also limit the practical scaling and efficiency of multi-core solutions. There are many research questions that still need to be answered at different levels of abstractions. As an attempt to close this gap, the journal Computers is seeking original submissions for a Special Issue on “Embedded Multi-Core Systems”.

Authors are invited to submit original contributions on the following topics:

-          Multicore system design issues
-          EDA tools for Multicore design
-          Performance models and Evaluation of MultiCore embedded systems
-          Real-Time Multicore eystems design issues
-          Porting RTOS to Multicore hardware platforms
-          Power-aware embedded Multicore system design
-          Analytical and computational modeling of embedded Multicore systems
-          Applications and case studies for Multicore systems
-          Programming issues of Multicore embedded systems
-          Dependency analysis of Multicore implementations.
-          Migration of CPU-based legacy codes to Multicore implementations
-          Multicore Interconnect design and implementation
-          Novel technologies embedded into the fabric of multicores
-          Memory design issues and optimization
-          Dynamic optimization techniques for multicores
-          Fault-tolerance, dependability and security issues
-          Software and hardware solutions for enabling higher scalabily and performance (bandwidth)
-          Design methodologies and case studies towards data-centers-on-a-chip architectures
-          Multicore Software: Tools and Standards

Prof. Dr. Fayez Gebali
Assist. Prof. Dr. Haytham El Miligi
Assist. Prof. Dr. Paul Bogdan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Computers is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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• multicore systems design
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• multicore software standards