Memory system optimizations have been well studied on single-threaded systems; however, the wide use of simultaneous multithreading (SMT) techniques raises questions over their ef...
This paper proposes and evaluates hardware mechanisms for supporting prescient instruction prefetch--an approach to improving single-threaded application performance by using help...
Tor M. Aamodt, Paul Chow, Per Hammarlund, Hong Wan...
Ethernet line rates are projected to reach 100 Gbits/s by as soon as 2010. While in principle suitable for high performance clustered and parallel applications, Ethernet requires ...
Parallel programming is a requirement in the multi-core era. One of the most promising techniques to make parallel programming available for the general users is the use of parall...
Angeles G. Navarro, Rafael Asenjo, Siham Tabik, Ca...
Translation Lookaside Buffers (TLBs) are a staple in modern computer systems and have a significant impact on overall system performance. Numerous prior studies have addressed TL...