Prefetching and memory system behavior of the SPEC95 benchmark suite

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-285

  Charney, M J ^a   Puzak, T R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; DECISION THEORY; FEEDBACK;

BENCHMARK SUITES; DATA PREFETCHING;

BUFFER STORAGE;

EID: 0031147184     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.413.0265     Document Type: Article

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