TY - GEN
T1 - The Effectiveness of Decoupling
AU - Bird, Peter L.
AU - Rawsthorne, Alasdair
AU - Topham, Nigel P.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This paper examines the effectiveness of decoupling as an optimization technique for high-performance computer architectures. Decoupled access execute architectures are described, and the concept of control decoupling is introduced and justified. A description of a highly-decoupled architecture is given, and a metric for the effectiveness of decoupling on particular programs, the Loss of Decoupling frequency is introduced. Finally, a number of real benchmark programs are examined and the applicability of decoupling them is analyzed.
AB - This paper examines the effectiveness of decoupling as an optimization technique for high-performance computer architectures. Decoupled access execute architectures are described, and the concept of control decoupling is introduced and justified. A description of a highly-decoupled architecture is given, and a metric for the effectiveness of decoupling on particular programs, the Loss of Decoupling frequency is introduced. Finally, a number of real benchmark programs are examined and the applicability of decoupling them is analyzed.
U2 - 10.1145/165939.165952
DO - 10.1145/165939.165952
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - :0-89791-600-X
T3 - ICS '93
SP - 47
EP - 56
BT - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Supercomputing
PB - ACM
CY - New York, NY, USA
ER -