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Multiscalar Processors presents a comprehensive treatment of the basic principles of Multiscalar execution, and advanced techniques for implementing the Multiscalar concepts. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting the major challenges involved in Multiscalar processing. This book is organized into nine chapters, and provides an excellent synopsis of a large body of research carried out on multiscalar processors in the last decade. It starts with technology trends that provide an impetus to the development of multiscalar processors and shape the development of future processors. The work ends with a review of the recent developments related to multiscalar processors.

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Author:   Manoj Franklin
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Volume:   718
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.403kg
ISBN:  

9781461353645

ISBN 10:   1461353645
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   31 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Technology Trends.- 1.2 Instruction-Level Parallelism (ILP).- 1.3 Thread-Level Parallelism (TLP).- 1.4 The Multiscalar Paradigm.- 1.5 The Multiscalar Story.- 1.6 The Rest of the Story.- 2 The Multiscalar Paradigm.- 2.1 Ideal TLP Processing Paradigm—The Goal.- 2.2 Multiscalar Paradigm—The Basic Idea.- 2.3 Multiscalar Execution Example.- 2.4Interesting Aspects of the Multiscalar Paradigm.- 2.5Comparison with Other Processing Paradigms.- 2.6 The Multiscalar Processor.- 2.7 Summary.- 3 Multiscalar Threads—Static Aspects.- 3.1 Structural Aspects of Multiscalar Threads.- 3.2. Data Flow Aspects of Multiscalar Threads.- 3.3 Program Partitioning.- 3.4.Static Thread Descriptor.- 3.5.Concluding Remarks.- 4 Multiscalar Threads—Dynamic Aspects.- 4.1. Multiscalar Microarchitecture.- 4.2. Thread Processing Phases.- 4.3 Thread Assignment Policies.- 4.4 Thread Execution Policies.- 4.5 Recovery Policies.- 4.6 Exception Handling.- 4.7 Concluding Remarks.- 5 Multiscalar Processor—Control Flow.- 5.1 Inter-Thread Control Flow Predictor.- 5.2 Intra-Thread Branch Prediction.- 5.3 Intra-Thread Return Address Prediction.- 5.4 Instruction Supply.- 5.5 Concluding Remarks.- 6 Multiscalar Processor—Register Data Flow.- 6.1 Nature of Register Data Flow in a Multiscalar Processor.- 6.2 Multi-Version Register File—Basic Idea.- 6.3 Inter-Thread Synchronization: Busy Bits.- 6.4 Multi-Version Register File—Detailed Operation.- 6.5 Data Speculation: Relaxing Inter-Thread Synchronization.- 6.6 Compiler and ISA Support.- 6.7 Concluding Remarks.- 7 Multiscalar Processor—Memory Data Flow.- 7.1 Nature of Memory Data Flow in a Multiscalar Processor.- 7.2 Address Resolution Buffer (ARB).- 7.3 Multi-Version Cache.- 7.4 Speculative Version Cache.- 7.5 Concluding Remarks.- 8Multiscalar Compilation.- 8.1 Role of the Compiler.- 8.2 Program Partitioning Criteria.- 8.3 Program Partitioning Heuristics.- 8.4 Implementation of Program Partitioning.- 8.5 Intra-Thread Static Scheduling.- 8.6 Concluding Remarks.- 9 Recent Developments.- 9.1 Incorporating Fault Tolerance.- 9.2 Multiscalar Processor with Trace-based Threads.- 9.3 Hierarchical Multiscalar Processor.- 9.4 Compiler-Directed Thread Execution.- 9.5 A Commercial Implementation: NEC Merlot.

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