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TDDD50 Green Computing
Lectures
The goal of the lectures is to present basic terminology so that students are prepared to read technical papers and discuss them during the seminars.
| Lecture | Topic |
| 1 (pdf) |
Introduction and Sustainability
Course introduction: Course rules. Sustainability: Green IT [1]. The life cycle of ICT products: Phases of the lifecycle (Design, Production, Use, End), e-waste, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), RoHS EU directive, Selection of hardware (ecolabeling): ENERGY STAR, EPEAT. |
| 2 (pdf) |
Power management and Guide on selection of papers for seminars.
Power aware computing [2, 3]. Power management: CPU, Hard disk, Graphic chipsets, Display, Network interfaces, System. System, CPU and device power and performance states. Processor configuration and control: CPU voltage and frequency scaling, CPU idle modes. Device configuration and control. Waking and sleeping the system. Battery management. Overview of topics appearing in the seminar papers. |
| 3 (pdf) |
A big picture
Taxonomy proposals for green computing solutions. Comparison methodologies and metrics for system efficiency. |
References [1, 2, 3] above can be found on the literature section of the course web, to help you learn the basic notions.
Note: The slides of the lectures are uploaded one day in advance.
Page responsible: Aruna Prem Bianzino
Last updated: 2013-01-29
