Development and Evaluation of a Platform for Comparison of Processor Performance

Embedded microprocessor systems are used every day by millions of people. They are buried inside the products (or the equipment) that it controls such as cars, fridges, ovens, traffic lights, hand-held devices. Embedded processors are expected to grow worldwide. Current embedded processors consume more power than their earlier generations. It is important for embedded systems (especially battery-operated ones) to choose a processor that consumes less power. The focus of this project is to develop a platform to investigate the dynamic power consumption of various processors when it is running. Such a platform is proposed and power consumption of two simple processors is measured on the platform using floating point benchmark application. Power consumption is reported at various operating frequencies.