Supercomputer architects strive to maximize the performance of scientific applications. Unfortunately, the large, unwieldy nature of most scientific applications has lead to the...
Richard C. Murphy, Arun Rodrigues, Peter M. Kogge,...
The development of energy-conscious embedded and/or mobile systems exposes a trade-off between energy consumption and system performance. Recent microprocessors have incorporated ...
Ankush Varma, Brinda Ganesh, Mainak Sen, Suchismit...
Meeting the temperature constraints and reducing the hot-spots are critical for achieving reliable and efficient operation of complex multi-core systems. The goal of thermal mana...
Francesco Zanini, David Atienza, Giovanni De Miche...
In this paper we describe a new technique, called pipeline spectroscopy, and use it to measure the cost of each cache miss. The cost of a miss is displayed (graphed) as a histogra...
Thomas R. Puzak, Allan Hartstein, Philip G. Emma, ...
This paper proposes new network interface controller (NIC) designs that take advantage of integration with the host CPU to provide increased flexibility for operating system kerne...
Nathan L. Binkert, Ali G. Saidi, Steven K. Reinhar...