Short vector (SIMD) instructions are useful in signal processing, multimedia, and scientific applications. They offer higher performance, lower energy consumption, and better res...
Current microprocessor instruction set architectures are word oriented, with some subword support. Many important applications, however, can realize substantial performance benefi...
Microprocessor designers use techniques such as clock gating to reduce power dissipation. An unfortunate side-effect of these techniques is the processor current fluctuations th...
There is a growing demand for application-specific embedded processors in system-on-a-chip designs. Current tools and design methodologies often require designers to manually spec...
Armita Peymandoust, Laura Pozzi, Paolo Ienne, Giov...
This paper describes the AccuPower toolset -- a set of simulation tools accurately estimating the power dissipation within a superscalar microprocessor. AccuPower uses a true hard...