Framework for Worst Case Performance Test for MCAL Drivers
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Forreal-timesystems,correctnessofaprogramnotonlydependsontheproduced
computational results,butalsoonitsabilitytodeliverontimetosatisfyspeci ed
time constraints.Theobviousexampleissafety-criticalhardrealtimesystems,
suchasautomobiles,avionicapplications,forwhichfailuretomeetaspeci ed
deadline notonlyrendersthecomputationsuseless,butalsocanhavecatastrophic
consequences.
The speedanddensityofmulti-coreSoCshaveoutgrowntraditionaldebugging
methodologiesandmakescomputingtheWorstCaseExecutionTimeevenmore
di cult initstargetenvironment.
WehaveaddressedtheproblemusingIn neondevelopedtechnologyknownasthe
Multi-Core DebugSolution(MCDS).Usingadvancedon-chiptracetechniques
that includeon-chiptriggergeneration,tracedatacompressionandtracestorage.
MCDS providesonlytherelevanttracedatatothedebugtool.Withoutdoing
SoftwareInstrumentationoraddingpinstothechip,MCDSenablesreal-time,
in-system debugandperformanceoptimizationnon-intrusively.
Worst-caseexecutiontimeanalysisisthefundamentalofreal-timesystemdesign
and istherefore,anareawhichhasbeensubjectedtogreatscienti cinterestfora
long time.
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Master of Engineering- CSE