NSF expedition on variability-aware software: Recent results and contributions
Journal
it - Information Technology
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
3
Start Page
181-198
End Page
198
ISSN
1611-2776
2196-7032
Date Issued
2015-06-08
Author(s)
Lucas Wanner
Liangzhen Lai
Abbas Rahimi
Mark Gottscho
Pietro Mercati
Frederic Sala
Yuvraj Agarwal
Lara Dolecek
Nikil Dutt
Puneet Gupta
Rajesh Gupta
Ranjit Jhala
Rakesh Kumar
Sorin Lerner
Subhasish Mitra
Alexandru Nicolau
Tajana Simunic Rosing
Mani B. Srivastava
Steve Swanson
Dennis Sylvester
Yuanyuan Zhou
Abstract
Abstract
In this paper we summarize recent results and contributions from the NSF Expedition on Variability-Aware Software, a five year, multi-university effort to tackle the problem of hardware variations and its implications and opportunities in software. The Expedition has made contributions in characterization and online monitoring of variations (particularly in microprocessors and flash memories), proposed new coding techniques for variability-tolerant storage, provided tools and platforms for the development of variability-aware software, and created new runtime support systems for variability-aware task-scheduling and execution.
In this paper we summarize recent results and contributions from the NSF Expedition on Variability-Aware Software, a five year, multi-university effort to tackle the problem of hardware variations and its implications and opportunities in software. The Expedition has made contributions in characterization and online monitoring of variations (particularly in microprocessors and flash memories), proposed new coding techniques for variability-tolerant storage, provided tools and platforms for the development of variability-aware software, and created new runtime support systems for variability-aware task-scheduling and execution.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Type
journal article