Comparing benchmarks using key microarchitecture-independent characteristics

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization, IISWC - 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 83-92

  Hoste, Kenneth ^a   Eeckhout, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS; BENCHMARK SUITES; COMPUTER ARCHITECTS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DIMENSIONAL SPACES; MICRO-PROCESSORS; MICROARCHITECTURE; NEW APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM BEHAVIORS; REAL HARDWARES; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATIONS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 34548327455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IISWC.2006.302732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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