The computer architecture community relies on standard benchmark suites like MiBench, NAS, PARSEC, SPEC CPU2006 (SPEC)®, and
SPLASH to study different hardware designs, but such suites are insufficient for evaluating mobile platforms like Android. Even suites
that were developed for embedded systems cannot be used to gain an understanding of Android device/system interaction because they do not
exercise key components of the software stack. Although based on a conventional Linux ® kernel, Android includes native libraries, a
virtual machine runtime, and an application framework with multiple components for managing resources. All these interact in complex ways
to support Android applications. C programs running on Linux have a relatively simple virtual memory organization, and most memory
references come from the application code. In contrast, Android has a much more complex virtual memory organization (due to its multiple
APIs and numerous shared libraries), and most memory references come from the Android software stack. The complexity of Android's
execution environment provides opportunities for computer architects to better support the execution characteristics, structures, and
resource requirements of the Android software stack and opportunities for software developers to optimize their applications for this rich
environment. To help the community to exploit these opportunities, we introduce Agave, an open-source benchmark suite designed to expose
the complex interactions between components of the Android software stack. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2016. / November 14, 2016. / Android, Based, Benchmark, Caching, Region / Includes bibliographical references. / Gary Tyson, Professor Directing Dissertation; Linda DeBrunner, University Representative; David
Whalley, Committee Member; Xin Yuan, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_405558 |
| Contributors | Brown, Martin Kenneth (authoraut), Tyson, Gary Scott (professor directing dissertation), DeBrunner, Linda S. (university representative), Whalley, David B. (committee member), Yuan, Xin (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Computer Science (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (141 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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