Prediction and execution methods of frequently executed two paths for speculative multithreading

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems

Volumn 16, Issue , 2004, Pages 796-801

  Yokota, Takashi ^a   Saito, Moriyuki ^a   Furukawa, Fumihito ^a   Ootsu, Kanemitsu ^a   Baba, Takanobu ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot paths; Multithreading; Path prediction; Speculative execution

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; LSI CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SYNCHRONIZATION;

HOT PATHS; MULTITHREADING; PATH PREDICTION; SPECULATIVE EXECUTION;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 11844280391     PISSN: 10272658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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