Memory Allocation Problems in Embedded Systems

Embedded systems are everywhere in contemporary life and are
supposed to make our lives more comfortable. In industry, embedded
systems are used to manage and control complex systems (e. g.
nuclear power plants, telecommunications and flight control) and
they are also taking an important place in our daily activities
(e. g. smartphones, security alarms and traffic lights).

In the design of embedded systems, memory allocation and data
assignment are among the main challenges that electronic designers
have to face. In fact, they impact heavily on the main cost metrics
(power consumption, performance and area) in electronic devices.
Thus designers of embedded systems have to pay careful attention in
order to minimize memory requirements, thus improving memory
throughput and limiting the power consumption by the system's
memory. Electronic designers attempt to minimize memory
requirements with the aim of lowering the overall system
costs.

A state of the art of optimization techniques for memory management
and data assignment is presented in this book.