Optimizing data sharing and address translation for the cell BE heterogeneous chip multiprocessor

26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design 2008, ICCD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 478-485

  Gschwind, Michael ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDRESS TRANSLATIONS; APPLICATION SPECIFICS; CELL BROADBAND ENGINES; DATA SHARING; DIRECT ACCESS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARES; HETEROGENEOUS CHIP MULTIPROCESSORS; MEMORY ACCESS; MEMORY ADDRESS; NEW DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; SYSTEM MEMORIES;

MACHINE DESIGN; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; MULTIPROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

EID: 62349091422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCD.2008.4751904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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