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A Hybrid Value Predictor using Speculative Update of the Predictor Table and Static Classification for the Pattern of Executed Instructions in Superscalar Processors

슈퍼스칼라 프로세서에서 예상 테이블의 모험적 갱신과 명령어 실행 유형의 정적 분류를 이용한 혼합형 결과값 예측기

  • 박홍준 (극동정보대학 전산정보처리과) ;
  • 조영일 (수원대학교 컴퓨터과학과)
  • Published : 2002.02.01
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Abstract

We propose a new hybrid value predictor which achieves high performance by combining several predictors. Because the proposed hybrid value predictor can update the prediction table speculatively, it efficiently reduces the number of mispredicted instructions due to stale data. Also, the proposed predictor can enhance the prediction accuracy and efficiently decrease the hardware cost of predictor, because it allocates instructions into the best-suited predictor during instruction fetch stage by using the information of static classification which is obtained from the profile-based compiler implementation. For the 16-issue superscalar processors, simulation results based on the SimpleScalar/PISA tool set show that we achieve the average prediction rates of 73% by using speculative update and the average prediction rates of 88% by adding static classification for the SPECint95 benchmark programs.

데이타 종속성을 제거하기 위해서 명령어의 결과값을 예상하는 여러 결과값 예측기의 장점을 이용하여 높은 성능을 얻을 수 있는 새로운 혼합형 예측 메커니즘을 제안한다. 제안된 혼합형 결과값 예측기는 예상 테이블을 모험적으로 갱신할 수 있기 때문에 부적절한(stale) 데이타로 인해 잘못 예상되는 명령어의 수를 효과적으로 감소시킨다. 또한 정적 분류 정보를 사용하여 명령의 반입시 적절한 예측기에 할당함으로써 예상 정확도를 더욱 향상시키며, 하드웨어 비용을 효율적으로 감소시키도록 하였다. 5개의 SPECint 95 벤치마크 프로그램에 대해 SimpleScalar/PISA 3.0 툴셋을 사용하여 실험하였다. 16-이슈 폭에서 모험적 갱신을 사용한 평균 예상 정확도는 73%의 실험 결과가 나왔으며, 정적 분류 정보를 사용하였을 경우 예상 정확도가 88%로 증가된 결과를 얻었다.

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