@inproceedings{d30c92cef17f47169443d7ad84617f95,
title = "Non-intrusive dynamic application profiler for detailed loop execution characterization",
abstract = "Application profiling - the process of monitoring an application to determine the frequency of execution within specific regions - is an essential step within the design process for many software and hardware systems. In this paper, we present an efficient innovative, non-intrusive dynamic application profiler (DAProf) capable of profiling an executing application by monitoring the application's short backwards branches and providing detailed profiling statistics for characterizing loop execution behavior. DAProf is ideally suited for hard-ware/software partitioning approaches in which detailed loop execution information is needed to provide accurate performance estimates. DAProf provides a profiling accuracy of greater than 90% with only an 11% area overhead compared to a small ARM9.",
keywords = "Dynamic optimization, Embedded systems, Nonintrusive, Profiling",
author = "Ajay Nair and Roman Lysecky",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1145/1450095.1450102",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781605584690",
series = "Embedded Systems Week 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES'08",
pages = "23--30",
booktitle = "Embedded Systems Week 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES'08",
note = "Embedded Systems Week 2008 - 2008 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES'08 ; Conference date: 19-10-2008 Through 24-10-2008",
}