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IPPS
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Predicting Performance on SMPs. A Case Study: The SGI Power Challenge
We study the issue of performance prediction on the SGIPower Challenge, a typical SMP. On such a platform, the cost of memory accesses depends on their locality and on contention ...
Nancy M. Amato, Jack Perdue, Mark M. Mathis, Andre...
IPPS
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
High Performance Parametric Modeling with Nimrod/G: Killer Application for the Global Grid?
This paper examines the role of parametric modeling as an application for the global computing grid, and explores some heuristics which make it possible to specify soft real time ...
David Abramson, Jonathan Giddy, Lew Kotler
IPPS
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Micro-Architectures of High Performance, Multi-User System Area Network Interface Cards
This paper examines two Network Interface Card microarchitectures that support low latency, high bandwidth userlevel message passing in multi-user environments. The two are at dif...
Boon Seong Ang, Derek Chiou, Larry Rudolph, Arvind
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Region Formation Analysis with Demand-Driven Inlining for Region-Based Optimization
Region-based compilation repartitions a program into more desirable compilation units for optimization and scheduling, particularly beneficial for ILP architectures. With region-...
Tom Way, Ben Breech, Lori L. Pollock
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Exploring the Limits of Sub-Word Level Parallelism
Multimedia instruction set extensions have become a prominent feature in desktop microprocessor platforms, promising superior performance on a wide range of floating-point and int...
Kevin Scott, Jack W. Davidson
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
The Effect of Code Reordering on Branch Prediction
Branch prediction accuracy is a very important factor for superscalarprocessor performance. The ability topredict the outcome of a branch allows the processor to effectively use a...
Alex Ramírez, Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Mate...
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Address Partitioning in DSM Clusters with Parallel Coherence Controllers
Recent research suggests that DSM clusters can benefit from parallel coherence controllers. Parallel controllers require address partitioning and synchronization to avoid handlin...
Ilanthiraiyan Pragaspathy, Babak Falsafi
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Fine Grained Multithreading with Process Calculi
ÐThis paper presents a multithreaded abstract machine for the TyCO process calculus. We argue that process calculi provide a powerful framework to reason about fine-grained parall...
Luís M. B. Lopes, Fernando M. A. Silva, Vas...
IEEEPACT
2000
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
aSOC: A Scalable, Single-Chip Communications Architecture
As on-chip integration matures, single-chip system designers must not only be concerned with component-level issues such as performance and power, but also with onchip system-leve...
Jian Liang, Sriram Swaminathan, Russell Tessier