Department of Computer Science and Automation,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Talk (AVACS Virtual Seminar)
Y.N. Srikant received his B.E in Electronics from Bangalore University,
and M.E and Ph.D in Computer Science from the Computer Science and
Automation department at the Indian Institute of Science. His area of
interest is compiler design. He is the co-editor of a handbook on advanced
compiler design published by CRC Press in 2002 (currently under revision).
The importance of saving energy in modern times need not be overstressed.
With the prolific increase in the usage of processors in embedded systems
of all types, there is a strong requirement to make the batteries last even
longer than before, so that the devices which use them can operate longer
without changing batteries. The role of compilers in producing
energy-efficient code is a rather important one. Compilers can aid the
hardware techniques already available for reducing energy comsumption.
In this seminar, I will describe some of the current day techniques available
to the compiler writer for minimizing energy consumption without performance
penalties.