Power-Aware Computer Systems: 4th International Workshop, PACS 2004, Portland, OR, USA, December 5, 2004, Revised Selected Papers

Welcome to the proceedings of the Power—Aware Computer Systems (PACS 2004) workshop held in conjunction with the 37th Annual International Sym— sium on Microarchitecture (MICRO—37). The continued increase of power and energy dissipation in computer systems has resulted in higher cost, lower re— ability, and reduced battery life in portable systems. Consequently, power and energy have become first—class constraints at all layers of modern computer s— tems. PACS 2004 is the fourth workshop in...