This paper visits embedded software from two perspectives: reuse and energy consumption. The former is frequently done, and the latter is rarer.

The authors describe a tool that macromodels embedded software automatically. Size estimates (revealing complexity) are paired with reuse. The authors make the point that most embedded code is reused, which is good, since its growth is greater than Moore’s Law. This tool makes it simpler to both reuse code, and figure out energy consumption and estimates. There is a certain language independence here as well. This paper is best suited for those experienced in this area.