Branch effect reduction techniques

Authors

Augustus K. Uht, University of Rhode Island
Vijay Sindagi, University of Rhode Island
Sajee Somanathan, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

5-1-1997

Abstract

Branch effects are the biggest obstacle to gaining significant speedups when running general-purpose code on instruction-level parallel machines. This survey compares current branch effect reduction techniques, offering hope for greater gains.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Computer

Volume

30

Issue

5

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Uht, Augustus K., Vijay Sindagi, and Sajee Somanathan. "Branch effect reduction techniques." Computer 30, 5 (1997): 71-81. doi: 10.1109/2.589913.