Conventional CMOS scaling has been the engine of the technology revolution in most application domains. This trend has changed as in each technology generation, transistor densities continue to increase while due to the limits on threshold voltage scaling, per-transistor energy consumption decreases much more slowly than in the past. The power scaling issues will restrict the adaptability of designs to operate in different power and performance regimes. Consequently, future systems must employ more efficient architectures for optimizing every thread in the program across different power and performance regimes, rather than architectures that utilize more transistors. One solution is composable or dynamic multicore architectures that can span a wide range of energy/performance operating points by enabling multiple simple cores to compose to form a larger and more powerful core. Explicit Data Graph Execution (EDGE) architectures represent a highly scalable class of composable processors that exploit predicated dataflow block execution and distributed microarchitectures. However, prior EDGE architectures suffer from several energy and performance bottlenecks including expensive intra-block operand communication due to fine-grain instruction distribution among cores, the compiler-generated fanout trees built for high-fanout operand delivery, poor next-block prediction accuracy, and low speculation rates due to predicates and expensive refills after pipeline flushes. To design an energy-efficient and flexible dynamic multicore, this dissertation employs a systematic methodology that detects inefficiencies and then designs and evaluates solutions that maximize power and performance efficiency across different power and performance regimes. Some innovations and optimization techniques include: (a) Deep Block Mapping extracts more coarse-grained parallelism and reduces cross-core operand network traffic by mapping each block of instructions into the instruction queue of one core instead of distributing blocks across all composed cores as done in previous EDGE designs, (b) Iterative Path Predictor (IPP) reduces branch and predication overheads by unifying multi-exit block target prediction and predicate path prediction while providing improved accuracy for each, (c) Register Bypassing reduces cross-core register communication delays by bypassing register values predicted to be critical directly from producing to consuming cores, (d) Block Reissue reduces pipeline flush penalties by reissuing instructions in previously executed instances of blocks while they are still in the instruction queue, and (e) Exposed Operand Broadcasts (EOBs) reduce wide-fanout instruction overheads by extending the ISA to employ architecturally exposed low-overhead broadcasts combined with dataflow for efficient operand delivery for both high- and low-fanout instructions. These components form the basis for a third-generation EDGE microarchitecture called T3. T3 improves energy efficiency by about 2x and performance by 47% compared to previous EDGE architectures. T3 also performs in a highly power efficient manner across a wide spectrum of energy and performance operating points (low-power to high-performance), extending the domain of power/performance trade-offs beyond what dynamic voltage and frequency scaling offers on state-of-the-art conventional processors. This high level of flexibility and power efficiency makes T3 an attractive candidate for future systems which need to operate on a wide range of workloads under varying power and performance constraints. / text

Recent trends in mobile broadband indicates that the available radio frequency (RF) spectrum will not be enough to support the data requirements of the immediate future. Visible light communication, which uses visible spectrum to transmit wirelessly could be a potential solution to the RF ’Spectrum Crunch’. Thus there is growing interest all over the world in this domain with support from both academia and industry. Visible light communication( VLC) systems make use of light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are semiconductor light sources to transmit information. A number of demonstrators at different data capacity and link distances has been reported in this area. One of the key problems holding this technology from taking off is the unavailability of power efficient, miniature LED drive schemes. Reported demonstrators, mostly using either off the shelf components or arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) to drive the LEDs have only started to address this problem by adopting integrated drivers designed for driving lighting installations for communications. The voltage regulator based drive schemes provide high power efficiency (> 90 %) but it is difficult to realise the fast switching required to achieve the Mbps or Gbps data rates needed for modern wireless communication devices. In this work, we are exploiting CMOS technology to realise an integrated LED driver for VLC. Instead of using conventional drive schemes (digital to analogue converter (DAC) + power amplifier or voltage regulators), we realised a current steering DAC based LED driver operating at high currents and sampling rates whilst maintaining power efficiency. Compared to a commercial AWG or discrete LED driver, circuit realised utilisng complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology has resulted in area reduction (29mm2). We realised for the first time a multi-channel CMOS LED driver capable of operating up to a 500 MHz sample rate at an output current of 255 mA per channel and > 70% power efficiency. We were able to demonstrate the flexibility of the driver by employing it to realise VLC links using micro LEDs and commercial LEDs. Data rates up to 1 Gbps were achieved using this system employing a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) scheme. We also demonstrated the wavelength division multiplexing ability of the driver using a red/green/blue commercial LED. The first integrated digital to light converter (DLC), where depending on the input code, a proportional number of LEDs are turned ON, realising a data converter in the optical domain, is also an output from this research. In addition, we propose a differential optical drive scheme where two output branches of a current DAC are used to drive two LEDs achieving higher link performance and power efficiency compared to single LED drive.

abstract: Thanks to continuous technology scaling, intelligent, fast and smaller digital systems are now available at affordable costs. As a result, digital systems have found use in a wide range of application areas that were not even imagined before, including medical (e.g., MRI, remote or post-operative monitoring devices, etc.), automotive (e.g., adaptive cruise control, anti-lock brakes, etc.), security systems (e.g., residential security gateways, surveillance devices, etc.), and in- and out-of-body sensing (e.g., capsule swallowed by patients measuring digestive system pH, heart monitors, etc.). Such computing systems, which are completely embedded within the application, are called embedded systems, as opposed to general purpose computing systems. In the design of such embedded systems, power consumption and reliability are indispensable system requirements. In battery operated portable devices, the battery is the single largest factor contributing to device cost, weight, recharging time, frequency and ultimately its usability. For example, in the Apple iPhone 4 smart-phone, the battery is $40\%$ of the device weight, occupies $36\%$ of its volume and allows only $7$ hours (over 3G) of talk time. As embedded systems find use in a range of sensitive applications, from bio-medical applications to safety and security systems, the reliability of the computations performed becomes a crucial factor. At our current technology-node, portable embedded systems are prone to expect failures due to soft errors at the rate of once-per-year; but with aggressive technology scaling, the rate is predicted to increase exponentially to once-per-hour. Over the years, researchers have been successful in developing techniques, implemented at different layers of the design-spectrum, to improve system power efficiency and reliability. Among the layers of design abstraction, I observe that the interface between the compiler and processor micro-architecture possesses a unique potential for efficient design optimizations. A compiler designer is able to observe and analyze the application software at a finer granularity; while the processor architect analyzes the system output (power, performance, etc.) for each executed instruction. At the compiler micro-architecture interface, if the system knowledge at the two design layers can be integrated, design optimizations at the two layers can be modified to efficiently utilize available resources and thereby achieve appreciable system-level benefits. To this effect, the thesis statement is that, ``by merging system design information at the compiler and micro-architecture design layers, smart compilers can be developed, that achieve reliable and power-efficient embedded computing through: i) Pure compiler techniques, ii) Hybrid compiler micro-architecture techniques, and iii) Compiler-aware architectures''. In this dissertation demonstrates, through contributions in each of the three compiler-based techniques, the effectiveness of smart compilers in achieving power-efficiency and reliability in embedded systems. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Computer Science 2012

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-08T14:59:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2211091 bytes, checksum: a9fb48cc1e0172afdcc7b126c8668952 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This paper presents the development of a fuzzy system, in LabviewTM environment for the pressure control of distribution of water through two sets of motor-driven pump drives. The drive motor-pump sets is accomplished with three-phase induction motors with variable speed in order to save electricity and water. For this we developed an experimental bench instrumentalized emulating a real supply system. The proposed system consists of motor-pump assemblies in parallel due to varying flow demand required. These two charging system to generate a large number of possibilities mode associations of the motor-pump assemblies with different rotational speeds. The Fuzzy controller identifies the best option for the energy consumption and system performance and makes the decision alluding to the state of the engines (on, off or partial rotation speed). This entire process is performed under the condition of meeting the demand flow system, and maintain constant pressure at a predetermined value. To validate the controller were performed several tests that proved the efficiency of the control system and its influence on the consumption of electricity and water. It can be concluded that the performance of the fuzzy system has proved satisfactory, and can be deployed with relative ease other water distribution systems with similar characteristics. The results brought, besides the reduction of energy consumption, conservation of pressure at constant levels, increasing the degree of system reliability and the probable reduction of maintenance costs. / Neste trabalho apresenta-se o desenvolvimento de um sistema Fuzzy, em ambiente LabviewTM, para o controle de pressão de redes de distribuição de água, por meio de dois conjuntos motor-bomba acionados por conversores de frequência. O acionamento dos conjuntos motor-bomba é realizado com motores de indução trifásico com velocidade de rotação variável visando a economia de energia elétrica e água. Para isso foi desenvolvido uma bancada experimental instrumentalizada emulando um sistema de abastecimento real. O sistema proposto é constituído de conjuntos motor-bomba em paralelo, devido à variação de demanda de vazão requerida. Essas duas imposições geram ao sistema um grande número de possibilidades do modo de associações dos conjuntos motor-bomba, com velocidades de rotação diferentes. O controlador Fuzzy identifica a melhor opção, referente ao consumo energético e rendimento do sistema e toma a decisão alusiva ao estado dos motores (ligado, desligado ou com velocidade de rotação parcial). Todo esse processo é realizado na condição de atender a demanda de vazão do sistema, além de manter a pressão constante em um valor pré-determinado. Para validação do controlador foram realizados diversos testes que comprovaram a eficiência do sistema de controle e a influência desse no consumo de energia elétrica e água. Pode-se concluir que o desempenho do sistema Fuzzy se mostrou satisfatório, podendo ser implantado com relativa facilidade em outros sistemas de distribuição de água com características similares. Os resultados trouxeram, além da redução do consumo energético, a conservação da pressão em níveis constantes, o aumento do grau de confiabilidade do sistema e a provável redução dos custos com manutenção.

This thesis focuses on the enhancement of the IEEE 802.15.4 beaconless-enabled MAC protocol as a solution to overcome the network bottleneck, less flexible nodes, and more energy waste at the centralised wireless sensor networks (WSN). These problems are triggered by mechanism of choosing a centralised WSN coordinator to start communication and manage the resources. Unlike IEEE 802.11 standard, the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol does not include method to overcome hidden nodes problem. Moreover, understanding the behaviour and performance of a large-scale WSN is a very challenging task. A comparative study is conducted to investigate the performance of the proposed ad hoc WSN both over the low data rate IEEE 802.15.4 and the high data rate IEEE 802.11 standards. Simulation results show that, in small-scale networks, ad hoc WSN over 802.15.4 outperforms the WSN where it improves 4-key performance indicators such as throughput, PDR, packet loss, and energy consumption by up to 22.4%, 17.1%, 34.1%, and 43.2%, respectively. Nevertheless, WSN achieves less end-to-end delay; in this study, it introduces by up to 2.0 ms less delay than that of ad hoc WSN. Furthermore, the ad hoc wireless sensor networks work well both over IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.11 protocols in small-scale networks with low traffic loads. The performance of IEEE 802.15.4 declines for the higher payload size since this standard is dedicated to low rate wireless personal access networks. A deep performance investigation of the IEEE 802.15.4 beaconless-enabled wireless sensor network (BeWSN) in hidden nodes environment has been conducted and followed by an investigation of network overhead on ad hoc networks over IEEE 802.11 protocol. The result of investigation evinces that the performance of beaconless-enabled ad hoc wireless sensor networks deteriorates as indicated by the degradation of throughput and packet reception by up to 72.66 kbps and 35.2%, respectively. In relation to end-to-end delay, however, there is no significant performance deviation caused by hidden nodes appearance. On the other hand, preventing hidden node effect by implementing RTS/CTS mechanism introduces significant overhead on the network that applies low packet size. Therefore, this handshaking method is not suitable for low rate communications protocol such as IEEE 802.15.4 standard. An evaluation study of a 101-node large-scale beaconless-enabled wireless sensor networks over IEEE 802.15.4 protocol has been carried out after the nodes deployment model was arranged. From the experiment, when the number of connection densely increases, then the probability of packet delivery decreases by up to 40.5% for the low payload size and not less than of 44.5% for the upper payload size. Meanwhile, for all sizes of payload applied to the large-scale ad hoc wireless sensor network, it points out an increasing throughput whilst the network handles more connections among sensor nodes. In term of dropped packet, it confirms that a fewer data drops at smaller number of connecting nodes on the network where the protocol outperforms not less than of 34% for low payload size of 30 Bytes. The similar trend obviously happens on packet loss. In addition, the simulation results show that the smaller payload size performs better than the bigger one in term of network latency, where the payload size of 30 Bytes contributes by up to 41.7% less delay compared with the contribution of the payload size of 90 Bytes.

Les amplificateurs de puissance sont au centre des systèmes actuels de télécommunications. Leur linéarité (pour préserver la qualité des données transmises) et leur rendement énergétique (pour faire des économies d’énergie) sont très importants et constituent les préoccupations majeures des concepteurs. Cependant, ce sont des composants analogiques intrinsèquement non-linéaires et leur utilisation avec des signaux à enveloppes non-constantes génèrent des distorsions à savoir des remontées spectrales hors-bandes et une dégradation du taux d’erreurs. Les signaux OFDM à la base de nombreux standards comme le Wifi, le Wi-Max, la télévision numérique, le LTE, etc. ont de fortes variations de puissance encore appelées PAPR (Peak-to-Average Power Ratio) qui aggravent ces problèmes de non-linéarité de l’amplificateur et réduit son rendement. Le traitement conjoint des non-linéarités et l’amélioration du rendement de l’amplificateur est l’objectif de cette thèse.Pour cela, l’accent est mis sur une approche conjointe de la linéarisation et de la réduction du PAPR. Ces deux méthodes jusqu’à présent abordées séparément dans la littérature sont en fait complémentaires et interdépendantes. Cela a été prouvé grâce à une étude analytique que nous avons menée. Grâce à l’approche conjointe, on peut simplement les associer, on parle dans ce cas d’approche non-collaborative ou leur permettre en plus d’échanger des informations et de s’adapter l’une par rapport à l’autre et/ou vice versa. Ce dernier cas est l’approche collaborative. Nous avons ensuite proposé des algorithmes d’approche conjointe collaborative basés sur les techniques d’ajout de signal. La réduction du PAPR et la prédistorsion (choisie comme méthode de linéarisation) sont fusionnées sous une seule formulation d’ajout de signal. Un signal additionnel conjoint est alors généré pour à la fois compenser les non-linéarités de l’amplificateur de puissance et réduire la dynamique du signal à amplifier. / Power amplifiers are key components of current telecommunications systems. Their linearity (to preserve the quality of the data) and efficiency (for power savings) are the primary concerns of designers. However, they are non-linear analog components in nature that cause spectral leakage, warping and clustering of the constellation. The overall consequences of this are out-of-band interferences and Bit Error Rate (BER) degradation at the receiver.OFDM’s modulation used in many standards such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX, digital TV, LTE, etc. generates temporal signals with high power fluctuations also termed as Peak-to-average Power Ratio (PAPR). High PAPRs aggravate the non-linearity problem of the amplifier and reduce its efficiency. The objective of this thesis is to jointly increase the linearity and the efficiency of the power amplifier.For this, we focus on a joint approach of linearization and PAPR reduction. These two methods so far discussed separately in the literature are complementary and interdependent. This has been proven through an analytical study that we conducted. Through the joint approach, the two methods can be simply associated; in this case we speak of non-collaborative approach, or allowed to exchange some information in order to adapt each other. This latter case is collaborative approach. Then, we proposed algorithms of collaborative approach based on adding signal techniques. PAPR reduction and predistortion (chosen as linearization’s method) are merged into one global adding signal formulation. A joint additional signal is then generated to compensate at the same time the non-linearities introduced by the power amplifier and reduce the dynamic range of the signal to be amplified.

Current efficiency measurements of variable hydraulic axial piston pumps are performed with the displacement system locked at maximum volume, thus without the controller. Therefore, the controller’s effect on the efficiency is not quantified at state of the art measurements. Former research on control systems mainly focused on the dynamic behaviour. This paper aims to quantify the losses in the displacement and control system and to research the dependencies of those. Therefore, a test rig is built up at IFAS to measure the control power of displacement controlled pumps. Furthermore, a simulation tool is developed to increase the understanding of the loss mechanisms of the investigated control systems. In conclusion, the paper shows the potential of efficiency improvements for displacement controlled pumps.

Energy efficiency and propulsive characteristics of a 10 cm undulatory rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) swimming in a stationary position are considered. Two CFD simulations are performed utilizing dynamic grid meshing (FLUENT 6.3). The first simulation uses a laminar flow model with an added hydrofoil shape in order to test if thrust and drag can be brought to unity. The second simulation uses a Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulence model to determine if transition to turbulence along the fish's surface leads to boundary layer separation. The expected results caused by adding these two features to earlier simulations do not occur. Thrust and drag are not found to be equal with usage of the thicker fish shape; instead both thrust and drag increase by 40-80% while diverging in value. Evidence of boundary layer separation is not present with usage of the LES turbulence model. Swimming energy efficiency is calculated to be 70% in both simulations. A brief analyses of boundary layer and downstream wake are included, showing general agreement with earlier studies. Limitations of the simulation are discussed. Future work regarding the author's preparation for an additional simulation of a rainbow trout utilizing a swimming method known as the Karman Gait is also considered. This preparation includes the creation of a 2-D grid domain and programs to define the kinematics of the fish and produce a specified vortex inlet condition.

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Aus der Einführung: "Werbung für elektrische Haushaltsgroßgeräte spielte für die Durchsetzung und breite Akzeptanz von Elektrizität in den Privathaushalten der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts eine wichtige Rolle. Diese ist in zahlreichen Studien zur Technisierung des Haushaltes beschrieben worden.1 Im Zeichen einerbreitenwirksamen Ökologisierung von Politik und Alltag seit den 1970er Jahren entwickelte sich in den darauf folgenden Jahrzehnten eine neue Verbindung von Energieversorgung und Hausgerätekonsum. Standen bis 1970 Argumente der Arbeitserleichterung und Zeitersparnis durch elektrische Hausgeräte im Vordergrund von Werbebemühungen, so wurde dies in einem bis zur Gegenwart andauernden Prozess durch Hinweise auf einen besonders geringen Stromverbrauch von Kühlschränken oder Waschmaschinen ergänzt. Das Fortschrittsversprechen eines vollelektrischen Haushaltes sollte unter ökologischen Vorzeichen neu verhandelt werden und im Fortschrittsversprechen eines energieeffizienten Haushaltes seinen heutigen Ausdruck finden."