• Accurate off-line phase classification for HW/SW co-designed processors 

      Brankovic, Aleksandar; Stavrou, Kyriakos; Gibert Codina, Enric; González Colás, Antonio María (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014)
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      Evaluation techniques in microprocessor design are mostly based on simulating selected application's samples using a cycle-accurate simulator. These samples usually correspond to different phases of the application stream. ...
    • Analysis of CPI variance for dynamic binary translators/optimizers modules 

      Brankovic, Aleksandar; Stavrou, Kyriakos; Gibert Codina, Enric; González Colás, Antonio María (IEEE, 2012)
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      Dynamic Binary Translators and Optimizers (DBTOs) have been established as a hot research topic. They are used in many different systems, such as emulation, instrumentation tools and innovative HW/SW co-designed ...
    • HW/SW co-designed processors: Challenges, design choices and a simulation infrastructure for evaluation 

      Kumar, Rakesh; Cano, José; Brankovic, Aleksandar; Pavlou, Demos; Stavrou, Kyriakos; Gibert Codina, Enric; Martínez, Alejandro; González Colás, Antonio María (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      Improving single thread performance is a key challenge in modern microprocessors especially because the traditional approach of increasing clock frequency and deep pipelining cannot be pushed further due to power constraints. ...
    • Performance analysis and predictability of the software layer in Dynamic Binary Translators/Optimizers 

      Brankovic, Aleksandar; Stavrou, K.; Gibert Codina, Enric; Gonzalez, Antonio (ACM, 2013)
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      Dynamic Binary Translators and Optimizers (DBTOs) have been established as a common architecture during the last years. They are used in many different systems, such as emulation, instrumentation tools and innovative HW/SW ...
    • Performance simulation methodologies for hardware/software co-designed processors 

      Brankovic, Aleksandar (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-03-17)
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      Recently the community started looking into Hardware/Software (HW/SW) co-designed processors as potential solutions to move towards the less power consuming and the less complex designs. Unlike other solutions, they reduce ...
    • Quantitative characterization of the software layer of a HW/SW co-designed processor 

      Cano Reyes, José; Kumar, Rakesh; Brankovic, Aleksandar; Pavlou, Demos; Stavrou, Kyriakos; Gibert Codina, Enric; Martínez, Alejandro; González Colás, Antonio María (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      HW/SW co-designed processors currently have a renewed interest due to their capability to boost performance without running into the power and complexity walls. By employing a software layer that performs dynamic binary ...
    • Warm-up simulation methodology for HW/SW co-designed processors 

      Brankovic, Aleksandar; Stavrou, K.; Gibert Codina, Enric; González Colás, Antonio María (ACM, 2014)
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      Evaluation techniques in microprocessor design are mostly based on simulating selected application samples using a cycle-accurate simulator. In order to achieve accurate results, microarchitectural structures are warmed-up ...