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ICCD
2003
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
Cost-Effective Graceful Degradation in Speculative Processor Subsystems: The Branch Prediction Case
We analyze the effect of errors in branch predictors, a representative example of speculative processor subsystems, to motivate the necessity for fault tolerance in such subsystem...
Sobeeh Almukhaizim, Thomas Verdel, Yiorgos Makris
IEEEPACT
1998
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Dynamic Hammock Predication for Non-Predicated Instruction Set Architectures
Conventional speculative architectures use branch prediction to evaluate the most likely execution path during program execution. However, certain branches are difficult to predic...
Artur Klauser, Todd M. Austin, Dirk Grunwald, Brad...
HPCA
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Improving Branch Prediction and Predicated Execution in Out-of-Order Processors
If-conversion is a compiler technique that reduces the misprediction penalties caused by hard-to-predict branches, transforming control dependencies into data dependencies. Althou...
Eduardo Quiñones, Joan-Manuel Parcerisa, An...
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
The Effect of Code Reordering on Branch Prediction
Branch prediction accuracy is a very important factor for superscalarprocessor performance. The ability topredict the outcome of a branch allows the processor to effectively use a...
Alex Ramírez, Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Mate...
SAINT
2005
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A Case Study in Running a Parallel Branch and Bound Application on the Grid
This paper presents a case study to effectively run a parallel branch and bound application on the Grid. The application discussed in this paper is a fine-grain application and is...
Kento Aida, Tomotaka Osumi