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IEEEPACT
2002
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
Compiler-Controlled Caching in Superword Register Files for Multimedia Extension Architectures
In this paper, we describe an algorithm and implementation of locality optimizations for architectures with instruction sets such as Intel’s SSE and Motorola’s AltiVec that su...
Jaewook Shin, Jacqueline Chame, Mary W. Hall
EUROPAR
2009
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Dynamic Detection of Uniform and Affine Vectors in GPGPU Computations
Abstract. We present a hardware mechanism which dynamically detects uniform and affine vectors used in Graphics Processing Units, to minimize pressure on the register file and redu...
Sylvain Collange, David Defour, Yao Zhang
PACS
2004
Springer
146views Hardware» more  PACS 2004»
14 years 9 days ago
An Optimized Front-End Physical Register File with Banking and Writeback Filtering
In recent years, processor manufacturers have converged on two types of register file architectures. Both IBM with its POWER series and Intel with its Pentium series are using a ...
Miquel Pericàs, Rubén Gonzále...
VLSISP
2008
159views more  VLSISP 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
Effective Code Generation for Distributed and Ping-Pong Register Files: A Case Study on PAC VLIW DSP Cores
The compiler is generally regarded as the most important software component that supports a processor design to achieve success. This paper describes our application of the open re...
Yung-Chia Lin, Chia-Han Lu, Chung-Ju Wu, Chung-Lin...
ISCA
2003
IEEE
144views Hardware» more  ISCA 2003»
14 years 7 days ago
Half-Price Architecture
Current-generation microprocessors are designed to process instructions with one and two source operands at equal cost. Handling two source operands requires multiple ports for ea...
Ilhyun Kim, Mikko H. Lipasti