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CASES
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
A fast and generic hybrid simulation approach using C virtual machine
Instruction Set Simulators (ISSes) are important tools for cross-platform software development. The simulation speed is a major concern and many approaches have been proposed to i...
Lei Gao, Stefan Kraemer, Rainer Leupers, Gerd Asch...
MICRO
1994
IEEE
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A high-performance microarchitecture with hardware-programmable functional units
This paper explores a novel way to incorporate hardware-programmable resources into a processor microarchitecture to improve the performance of general-purpose applications. Throu...
Rahul Razdan, Michael D. Smith
ICCAD
1994
IEEE
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Generating instruction sets and microarchitectures from applications
Abstract-- The design of application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP) system includes at least three interdependent tasks: microarchitecture design, instruction set design...
Ing-Jer Huang, Alvin M. Despain
DAC
1997
ACM
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Generation of Software Tools from Processor Descriptions for Hardware/Software Codesign
An experimental set of tools that generate instruction set simulators, assemblers, and disassemblers from a single description was developed to test if retargetable development to...
Mark R. Hartoog, James A. Rowson, Prakash D. Reddy...
GLVLSI
1998
IEEE
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Reducing Power Consumption of Dedicated Processors Through Instruction Set Encoding
With the increased clock frequency of modern, high-performance processors over 500 MHz, in some cases, limiting the power dissipation has become the most stringent design target. ...
Luca Benini, Giovanni De Micheli, Alberto Macii, E...
ICCD
1999
IEEE
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TriMedia CPU64 Architecture
We present a new VLIW core as a successor to the TriMedia TM1000. The processor is targeted for embedded use in media-processing devices like DTVs and set-top boxes. Intended as a...
Jos T. J. van Eijndhoven, Kees A. Vissers, Evert-J...
ASPDAC
2000
ACM
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A new approach to assembly software retargeting for microcontrollers
A new approach is proposed to translate existing software programs from one instruction set to other instruction sets at the level. The behaviors of instructions are abstractly re...
Ing-Jer Huang, Dao-Zhen Chen
IPPS
2000
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Augmenting Modern Superscalar Architectures with Configurable Extended Instructions
The instruction sets of general-purpose microprocessors are designed to offer good performance across a wide range of programs. The size and complexity of the instruction sets, how...
Xianfeng Zhou, Margaret Martonosi
IEEEPACT
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Effective Compilation Support for Variable Instruction Set Architecture
Traditional compilers perform their code generation tasks based on a fixed, pre-determined instruction set. This paper describes the implementation of a compiler that determines ...
Jack Liu, Timothy Kong, Fred C. Chow
DATE
2002
IEEE
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Practical Instruction Set Design and Compiler Retargetability Using Static Resource Models
The design of application (-domain) specific instructionset processors (ASIPs), optimized for code size, has traditionally been accompanied by the necessity to program assembly, ...
Qin Zhao, Bart Mesman, Twan Basten