The majority of currently available dynamic branch predictors base their prediction accuracy on the previous k branch outcomes. Such predictors sustain high prediction accuracy but...
Arpad Gellert, Adrian Florea, Maria Vintan, Colin ...
Software Dynamic Translation (SDT) systems are used for program instrumentation, dynamic optimization, security, intrusion detection, and many other uses. As noted by many researc...
Jason Hiser, Daniel Williams, Wei Hu, Jack W. Davi...
Applying the right compiler optimizations to a particular program can have a significant impact on program performance. Due to the non-linear interaction of compiler optimization...
John Cavazos, Grigori Fursin, Felix V. Agakov, Edw...
Transient faults are emerging as a critical concern in the reliability of general-purpose microprocessors. As architectural trends point towards multi-threaded multi-core designs,...
Alex Shye, Tipp Moseley, Vijay Janapa Reddi, Josep...
This paper concerns the validity of a widely used method for estimating the architecture-level mean time to failure (MTTF) due to soft errors. The method first calculates the fai...
Xiaodong Li, Sarita V. Adve, Pradip Bose, Jude A. ...