Fetch directed instruction prefetching
Instruction supply is a crucial component of processor performance. Instruction prefetching
has been proposed as a mechanism to help reduce instruction cache misses, which in turn …
has been proposed as a mechanism to help reduce instruction cache misses, which in turn …
Analysis of the o-geometric history length branch predictor
A Seznec - … Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA'05), 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce and analyze the Optimized GEometric History Length (O-GEHL)
branch Predictor that efficiently exploits very long global histories in the 100-200 bits range …
branch Predictor that efficiently exploits very long global histories in the 100-200 bits range …
[PDF][PDF] The impact of delay on the design of branch predictors
Modern microprocessors employ increasingly complicated branch predictors to achieve
instruction fetch bandwidth that is sufficient for wide out-of-order execution cores. While …
instruction fetch bandwidth that is sufficient for wide out-of-order execution cores. While …
Twig: Profile-guided btb prefetching for data center applications
Modern data center applications have deep software stacks, with instruction footprints that
are orders of magnitude larger than typical instruction cache (I-cache) sizes. To efficiently …
are orders of magnitude larger than typical instruction cache (I-cache) sizes. To efficiently …
Re-establishing fetch-directed instruction prefetching: An industry perspective
Y Ishii, J Lee, K Nathella… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Instruction prefetching can play a pivotal role in improving the performance of workloads
with large instruction footprints and frequent, costly frontend stalls. In particular, Fetch …
with large instruction footprints and frequent, costly frontend stalls. In particular, Fetch …
Thermometer: profile-guided btb replacement for data center applications
Modern processors employ a decoupled frontend with Fetch Directed Instruction Prefetching
(FDIP) to avoid frontend stalls in data center applications. However, the large branch …
(FDIP) to avoid frontend stalls in data center applications. However, the large branch …
Whisper: Profile-guided branch misprediction elimination for data center applications
Modern data center applications experience frequent branch mispredictions–degrading
performance, increasing cost, and reducing energy efficiency in data centers. Even the state …
performance, increasing cost, and reducing energy efficiency in data centers. Even the state …
[图书][B] The computer engineering handbook
VG Oklobdzija - 2001 - taylorfrancis.com
There is arguably no field in greater need of a comprehensive handbook than computer
engineering. The unparalleled rate of technological advancement, the explosion of …
engineering. The unparalleled rate of technological advancement, the explosion of …
Confluence: unified instruction supply for scale-out servers
Multi-megabyte instruction working sets of server workloads defy the capacities of latency-
critical instruction-supply components of a core; the instruction cache (L1-I) and the branch …
critical instruction-supply components of a core; the instruction cache (L1-I) and the branch …
A storage-effective BTB organization for servers
Many contemporary applications feature multi-megabyte instruction footprints that
overwhelm the capacity of branch target buffers (BTB) and instruction caches (L1-I), causing …
overwhelm the capacity of branch target buffers (BTB) and instruction caches (L1-I), causing …