LARA: an aspect-oriented programming language for embedded systems

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

João M. P. Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Carvalho, T (Author) Other; Coutinho, JGF (Author) Other; Luk, W (Author) Other; Nobre, R (Author) Other; Diniz, PC (Author) Other; Petrov, Z (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: AOSD'12 - Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Aspect Oriented Software Development

Pages: 179-190

11th Annual International Conference on Aspect Oriented Software Development, AOSD'12

Potsdam, 25 March 2012 through 30 March 2012

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Scopus - 69 Citations

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Authenticus ID: P-008-3P5

DOI: 10.1145/2162049.2162071

Abstract (EN): The development of applications for high-performance embedded systems is typically a long and error-prone process. In addition to the required functions, developers must consider various and often conflicting non-functional application requirements such as performance and energy efficiency. The complexity of this process is exacerbated by the multitude of target architectures and the associated retargetable mapping tools. This paper introduces an Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) approach that conveys domain knowledge and non-functional requirements to optimizers and mapping tools. We describe a novel AOP language, LARA, which allows the specification of compilation strategies to enable efficient generation of software code and hardware cores for alternative target architectures. We illustrate the use of LARA for code instrumentation and analysis, and for guiding the application of compiler and hardware synthesis optimizations. An important LARA feature is its capability to deal with different join points, action models, and attributes, and to generate an aspect intermediate representation. We present examples of our aspect-oriented hardware/software design flow for mapping real-life application codes to embedded platforms based on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. © 2012 ACM.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific