This book describes the state-of-the art of industrial and academic research in the
architectural design of heterogeneous multi many-core processors. The authors describe methods
and tools to enable next-generation embedded and high-performance heterogeneous processors to
confront cost-effectively the inevitable variations by providing Dependable-Performance:
correct functionality and timing guarantees throughout the expected lifetime of a platform
under thermal power and energy constraints. Various aspects of the reliability problem are
discussed at both the circuit and architecture level the intelligent selection of knobs and
monitors in multicore platforms and systematic design methodologies. The authors demonstrate
how new techniques have been applied in real case studies from different applications domain
and report on results and conclusions of those experiments. Enables readers to develop
performance-dependable heterogeneous multi many-core architectures Describes system software
designs that support high performance dependability requirements Discusses and analyzes low
level methodologies to tradeoff conflicting metrics i.e. power performance reliability and
thermal management Includes new application design guidelines to improve performance
dependability
