The Named-State Register File

Title: en_US The Named-State Register File
Creator: en_US Nuth, Peter R.
Date: 2004-10-20T14:45:31Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T14:45:31Z
Date Issued: en_US 1993-08-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-1459
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6780
Abstract: en_US This thesis introduces the Named-State Register File, a fine-grain, fully-associative register file. The NSF allows fast context switching between concurrent threads as well as efficient sequential program performance. The NSF holds more live data than conventional register files, and requires less spill and reload traffic to switch between contexts. This thesis demonstrates an implementation of the Named-State Register File and estimates the access time and chip area required for different organizations. Architectural simulations of large sequential and parallel applications show that the NSF can reduce execution time by 9% to 17% compared to alternative register files.
Extent: en_US 134 p.; 1003600 bytes; 2027035 bytes
Format: application/octet-stream; application/pdf
Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-1459
Subject: en_US multithreaded; en_US context switch; en_US register; en_US fully-associative; en_US sthread; en_US parallel processor