Funding for reliable low-power devices
New research at the University of Southampton which could lead to the development of cheaper, more reliable portable devices has recently receivedfunding.
New research at the
which could lead to the development of cheaper, more reliable portable devices has recently received funding.
The project, which aims to improve the reliability of low-power embedded computing systems of the type used in devices such as mobile phones, PDAs (personal digital assistants) and digital cameras, has been awarded £250,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The research is led by Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi from the University of Southampton's
According to Professor Al-Hashimi, the incompatibilities between the existing techniques for testing the design of low-power embedded computing systems are making the development of such products an expensive process.
He commented: “Embedded computing systems are often over-designed to allow designers to decrease development time through the reuse of the hardware over several product generations. This means that such systems will experience slack times where a reduced system performance can be tolerated and lower power can be achieved.
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