Microarchitecture-independent workload characterization

IEEE Micro

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 63-72

  Hoste, Kenneth ^a   Eeckhout, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques; Modeling techniques; Performance attributes; Workload characterization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MICROARCHITECTURE-INDEPENDENT METHOD; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 34548329985     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MM.2007.56     Document Type: Article

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