The Sort operation is a core part of many critical applications. Despite the large efforts to parallelize it, the fact that it suffers from high data-dependencies vastly limits it...
Layali K. Rashid, Wessam Hassanein, Moustafa A. Ha...
Industry has shifted towards multi-core designs as we have hit the memory and power walls. However, single thread performance remains of paramount importance since some applicatio...
As computers become increasingly mobile, users demand more functionality, longer battery-life, and better performance from mobile devices. In response, chipset fabricators are foc...
James Kukunas, Robert D. Cupper, Gregory M. Kapfha...
Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) represents a fundamental shift in processor capability. SMT's ability to execute multiple threads simultaneously within a single CPU offers ...
The current trend is for processors to deliver dramatic improvements in parallel performance while only modestly improving serial performance. Parallel performance is harvested th...
Sanjeev Kumar, Daehyun Kim, Mikhail Smelyanskiy, Y...