As semiconductor feature sizes decrease, interconnect delay is becoming a dominant component of processor cycle times. This creates a critical need to shift microarchitectural des...
This paper presents a hardware-based dynamic optimizer that continuously optimizes an application’s instruction stream. In continuous optimization, dataflow optimizations are p...
Brian Fahs, Todd M. Rafacz, Sanjay J. Patel, Steve...
— Program code size has become a critical design constraint of embedded systems. Large program codes require large memories, which increase the size and cost of the chip. Poor co...
Jari Heikkinen, Andrea G. M. Cilio, Jarmo Takala, ...
New applications for the Internet such as video on demand, grid computing etc. depend on the availability of high bandwidth connections with acceptable Quality of Service (QoS). T...
David Michael Turner, Vassilis Prevelakis, Angelos...
Computer architecture research in academia and industry is heavily reliant on simulation studies. While microprocessor companies have the resources to develop highly detailed simu...