Power-Aware Computer Systems: Third International Workshop, PACS 2003, San Diego, CA, USA, December 1, 2003, Revised Papers

Welcome to the proceedings of the 3rd Power—Aware Computer Systems (PACS 2003) Workshop held in conjunction with the 36th Annual International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO—36). The increase in power and — ergy dissipation in computer systems has begun to limit performance and has also resulted in higher cost and lower reliability. The increase also implies — duced battery life in portable systems. Because of the magnitude of the problem, all levels of computer systems, including ci...