Refactoring for data locality

Computer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Beyls, Kristof ^a   D'Hollander, Erik H ^b  

^a Tele Atlas ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bars; Benchmarks; Compilers; Computing methodologies; Data mining; Development tools; Distance measurement; Fuses; Histograms; Operating systems; Pediatrics; Processors; Program processors; Programming languages; Simulation; Software engineering; SPEC2000 benchmarks; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449142683     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2009.57     Document Type: Article

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