A practical low-power memristor-based analog neural branch predictor

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-180

  Wang, Jianxing ^a   Tim, Yenni ^a   Wong, Weng Fai ^a   Li, Hai Helen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch Prediction; Memristor; Neural Branch Predictor

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; ANALOG COMPUTATION; BRANCH PREDICTION; BRANCH PREDICTORS; DIGITAL COUNTERPARTS; MEMRISTOR; NEURAL PREDICTION; PREDICTION ACCURACY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG COMPUTERS; DESIGN; FORECASTING; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; PASSIVE FILTERS;

MEMRISTORS;

EID: 84889606734     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISLPED.2013.6629290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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