energy efficiency

Convolution Engine: Balancing Efficiency & Flexibility in Specialized Computing
This paper focuses on the trade-off between flexibility and efficiency in specialized computing. We observe that specialized units …
Wajahat Qadeer, Rehan Hameed, Ofer Shacham, Preethi Venkatesan, Christos Kozyrakis, Mark A. Horowitz
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The ZCache: Decoupling Ways and Associativity
The ever-increasing importance of main memory latency and bandwidth is pushing CMPs towards caches with higher capacity and …
Daniel Sanchez, Christos Kozyrakis
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Understanding Sources of Inefficiency in General-Purpose Chips
Due to their high volume, general-purpose processors, and now chip multiprocessors (CMPs), are much more cost effective than ASICs, but …
Rehan Hameed, Wajahat Qadeer, Megan Wachs, Omid Azizi, Alex Solomatnikov, Benjamin C. Lee, Stephen Richardson, Christos Kozyrakis, Mark Horowitz
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JouleSort: A Balanced Energy-Efficiency Benchmark
The energy efficiency of computer systems is an important concern in a variety of contexts. In data centers, reducing energy use …
Suzanne Rivoire, Mehul A. Shah, Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Christos Kozyrakis
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Energy-Efficient and High-Performance Instruction Fetch Using a Block-Aware ISA
The front-end in superscalar processors must deliver high application performance in an energy-effective manner. Impediments such as …
Ahmad Zmily, Christos Kozyrakis
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Scalable Vector Media Processors for Embedded Systems
Over the past twenty years, processor designers have concentrated on superscalar and VLIW architectures that exploit the …
Christos Kozyrakis
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A Media-Enhanced Vector Architecture for Embedded Memory Systems
Next generation portable devices will require processors with both low energy consumption and high performance for media functions. At …
Christos Kozyrakis
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