A fast on-chip profiler memory using a pipelined binary tree.

A fast on-chip profiler memory using a pipelined binary tree.

We introduce a novel memory architecture that can count the occurrences of patterns on a system's bus, a task known as profiling. Such profiling can serve a variety of purposes, like detecting a microprocessor's software hot spots or frequently used data values, which can be used to optimi...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems 12, 1 (2004).
1. Verfasser: Lysecky, R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Schlagworte:
CAM.
ProMem architecture.
Access time.
Content-addressable memory.
Memory architecture.
Microprocessor.
On-chip profiler memory.
Pipelined binary search tree structure.
Potential patterns.
Software hot spots.