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Functionality distribution on a superscalar architecture
- Source :
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 9783540616276, Euro-Par, Vol. II
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996.
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Abstract
- This paper deals with the distribution of functionality among the functional units of a superscalar processor. Starting with configurations including identical functional units capable of executing any instruction, we have assessed the effect provoked by replacing these complex units with specialized units to execute memory access and branch instructions. Our experiments show that the maximum speedup ratios obtained by configurations equipped with eight complex units can also be achieved by machines with the same number of simpler units.
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-540-61627-6
- ISBNs :
- 9783540616276
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 9783540616276, Euro-Par, Vol. II
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3a24f72857cb02630361e989771b1336