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APCSAC
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Unbiased Branches: An Open Problem
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 ...
CGO
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Evaluating Indirect Branch Handling Mechanisms in Software Dynamic Translation Systems
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...
CGO
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Rapidly Selecting Good Compiler Optimizations using Performance Counters
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...
DSN
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Using Process-Level Redundancy to Exploit Multiple Cores for Transient Fault Tolerance
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...
DSN
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Architecture-Level Soft Error Analysis: Examining the Limits of Common Assumptions
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. ...