Integrated Management of Power Aware Computation and Communication Technologies Nader Bagherzadeh, Pai H. Chou, Scott Jordan, Fadi Kurdahi University of California, Irvine, ECE Dept. Jean-Luc Gaudiot University of Southern California, EE-Systems Nazeeh Aranki, Nikzad “Benny” Toomarian Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Quad Chart for IMPAC 2 T Project Innovations Component-based power-aware design Multi-power component aggregation Power-aware reconfigurable architectures Protocol-based power management Global power policy optimization Static & dynamic configurability for power Impact Fully exploit off-the-shelf components Unified functional/power correctness Confidence in complex design points Rapid turnaround time to architecture Power protocol for massive scale Behavior Architecture high-level simulation functional partitioning & scheduling composition operators high-level components behavioral system model busses, protocols system architecture mapping system integration & synthesis static configuration dynamic power management parameterizable components 2Q 00 Start Kickoff System Modeling Coordination Synthesis Architecture Definition Static Partitioning Component partitioning Power Management Design Techniques PCL definition Simulatable components Benchmark Identification Authoring Tool v1.0 Dynamic Partitioning Simulator v1.0 Component Partitioning Component Simulator PCL benchmarking Synthesizable components System Benchmarking 2Q 01 2Q 02 End

Layers to be addressed Protocols  Communication channel coding, data compression  fault tolerant protocols DSP Algorithms  media streaming, channel equalization  autonomous vehicle control  weapon management systems System-level architecture  Power optimization by pre-mission configuration  Support for robust in-mission adaptivity Component integration  Distributed coordination of power usage  Evolvable component interface

Milestones 2Q 00 Kickoff System Modeling Coordination Synthesis Architecture Definition Static Partitioning Component partitioning Power management design techniques PCL definition Simulatable components Benchmark Identification Authoring Tool v1.0 Dynamic Partitioning Simulator v1.0 Component Partitioning Component Simulator PCL benchmarking Synthesizable components System Benchmarking 2Q 01 2Q 02

Vendor Relationships Jet Propulsion Laboratory  Pasadena, CA Consystant Design Technologies  Seattle, WA

Specific Application Scenarios The NASA X-2000  Avionics for deep-space exploration  Platformfor multiple missions Pre-mission configuration  Mix of general-purpose processors and accelerator hardware  Partitioning between hardware/software and multiple versions Adaptable to changing mission objectives  Re-integration & in-mission optimization of power-aware components Micro Air Vehicles  Additional tradeoffs between coordinated systems  Inter-system computation/communication balance