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1999
Tsinghua U.
13 years 9 months ago
Software trace cache
—This paper explores the use of compiler optimizations which optimize the layout of instructions in memory. The target is to enable the code to make better use of the underlying ...
Alex Ramírez, Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Carl...
JPDC
2007
60views more  JPDC 2007»
13 years 4 months ago
The impact of wrong-path memory references in cache-coherent multiprocessor systems
The core of current-generation high-performance multiprocessor systems is out-of-order execution processors with aggressive branch prediction. Despite their relatively high branch...
Resit Sendag, Ayse Yilmazer, Joshua J. Yi, Augustu...
HPCA
2001
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Speculative Data-Driven Multithreading
Mispredicted branches and loads that miss in the cache cause the majority of retirement stalls experienced by sequential processors; we call these critical instructions. Despite t...
Amir Roth, Gurindar S. Sohi
ISCA
1995
IEEE
133views Hardware» more  ISCA 1995»
13 years 8 months ago
Performance Evaluation of the PowerPC 620 Microarchitecture
The PowerPC 620TM microprocessor1 is the most recent and performance leading member of the PowerPCTM family. The 64-bit PowerPC 620 microprocessor employs a two-phase branch predi...
Trung A. Diep, Christopher Nelson, John Paul Shen
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
A Lightweight Algorithm for Dynamic If-Conversion during Dynamic Optimization
Dynamic Optimization is an umbrella term that refers to any optimization of software that is performed after the initial compile time. It is a complementary optimization opportuni...
Kim M. Hazelwood, Thomas M. Conte