Abstract. Multimedia and network processing applications make extensive use of subword data. Since registers are capable of holding a full data word, when a subword variable is ass...
Multimedia and network processing applications make extensive use of subword data. Since registers are capable of holding a full data word, when a subword variable is assigned a r...
In this paper we employ two techniques suitable for embedded media processors. The first technique, extended subwords, uses four extra bits for every byte in a media register. Th...
Asadollah Shahbahrami, Ben H. H. Juurlink, Stamati...
Complex application-specific media instructions and kernels are emulated with simple to implement extended subword instructions. We show that assuming extended register file ent...
Ben H. H. Juurlink, Asadollah Shahbahrami, Stamati...
This paper proposes and evaluates a new microarchitecture for out-of-order processors that supports speculative renaming. We call speculative renaming to the speculative omission ...