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Multithreading architecture
Multithreaded architectures now appear across the entire range of computing devices, from the highest-performing general purpose devices to low-end embedded processors. Multithreading enables a processor core to more effectively utilize its computational resources, as a stall in one thread need not...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool,
c2013.
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| Series: | Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Synthesis lectures in computer architecture ; # 21. |
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| Online Access: | Abstract with links to full text |
| Summary: | Multithreaded architectures now appear across the entire range of computing devices, from the highest-performing general purpose devices to low-end embedded processors. Multithreading enables a processor core to more effectively utilize its computational resources, as a stall in one thread need not cause execution resources to be idle. This enables the computer architect to maximize performance within area constraints, power constraints, or energy constraints. However, the architectural options for the processor designer or architect looking to implement multithreading are quite extensive and varied, as evidenced not only by the research literature but also by the variety of commercial implementations. This book introduces the basic concepts of multithreading, describes the a number of models of multithreading, and then develops the three classic models (coarse-grain, fine-grain, and simultaneous multithreading) in greater detail. It describes a wide variety of architectural and software design tradeoffs, as well as opportunities specific to multithreading architectures. Finally, it details a number of important commercial and academic hardware implementations of multithreading. |
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| Item Description: | Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Series from website. |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic text (xiv, 95 p.) : ill., digital file. Also available in print. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-94). |
| ISBN: | 9781608458561 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1935-3243 ; |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. |