Performance/Power Characterization of Branch Prediction for Multimedia Applications
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Wang, Shun-Ying
DOI
en-US
Abstract
Modern embedded processors employ dynamic branch prediction to reduce performance penalty caused by branch instructions. Existing branch predictor designs are all based on the behavior of applications on a GPP (general purpose processor). However, for an embedded system, such as smart phone, multimedia applications are the main workload. Therefore, in this thesis, we performed detailed performance/power characterization of multimedia applications and implemented several famous power-aware prediction techniques. We believe that identifying important characteristics of different branch predictor design of multimedia applications is important for choosing an adequate branch predictor for embedded processors.
Subjects
分支預測器
多媒體應用程式
效能
功耗
branch predictor
multimedia application
performance
power
Type
thesis
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