We study the effectiveness of garbage collection (GC) algorithms by measuring the time difference between the actual collection time of an object and the potential earliest collec...
Packet filters play an essential role in traffic management and security management on the Internet. In order to create software-based packet filters that are fast enough to work...
This paper describes Embra, a simulator for the processors, caches, and memory systems of uniprocessors and cache-coherent multiprocessors. When running as part of the SimOS simul...
—With the emerging many-core paradigm, parallel programming must extend beyond its traditional realm of scientific applications. Converting existing sequential applications as w...
Jiangtian Li, Xiaosong Ma, Karan Singh, Martin Sch...
Many instructors use program runtimes to illustrate and reinforce algorithm complexity concepts. Hardware, operating system and compilers have historically influenced runtime resu...