Cache performance in Java virtual machines: A study of constituent phases

2002 IEEE International Workshop on Workload Characterization, WWC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 81-90

  Rajan, A S ^a   Hu, Shiwen ^b   Rubio, J ^b  

^a ARM Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BUFFER STORAGE; CACHE MEMORY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINES; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; REFUSE COLLECTION;

CACHE CONFIGURATIONS; CACHE PERFORMANCE; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; GARBAGE COLLECTION; GARBAGE COLLECTORS; INSTRUCTION CACHES; JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES; MEMORY REFERENCE TRACES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 84962878035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WWC.2002.1226496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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