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HPCA
2005
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Using Virtual Load/Store Queues (VLSQs) to Reduce the Negative Effects of Reordered Memory Instructions
The use of large instruction windows coupled with aggressive out-oforder and prefetching capabilities has provided significant improvements in processor performance. In this paper...
Aamer Jaleel, Bruce L. Jacob
ISCA
2008
IEEE
185views Hardware» more  ISCA 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
From Speculation to Security: Practical and Efficient Information Flow Tracking Using Speculative Hardware
Dynamic information flow tracking (also known as taint tracking) is an appealing approach to combat various security attacks. However, the performance of applications can severely...
Haibo Chen, Xi Wu, Liwei Yuan, Binyu Zang, Pen-Chu...
ISCA
1998
IEEE
124views Hardware» more  ISCA 1998»
13 years 12 months ago
Threaded Multiple Path Execution
This paper presents Threaded Multi-Path Execution (TME), which exploits existing hardware on a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) processor to speculatively execute multiple paths ...
Steven Wallace, Brad Calder, Dean M. Tullsen
HPCA
1999
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
Improving CC-NUMA Performance Using Instruction-Based Prediction
We propose Instruction-based Prediction as a means to optimize directory-based cache coherent NUMA shared-memory. Instruction-based prediction is based on observing the behavior o...
Stefanos Kaxiras, James R. Goodman
IEEEPACT
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Dual-Core Execution: Building a Highly Scalable Single-Thread Instruction Window
Current integration trends embrace the prosperity of single-chip multi-core processors. Although multi-core processors deliver significantly improved system throughput, single-thr...
Huiyang Zhou