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- | ===== Lecture 7 (1/30 Mon.) ===== | + | ===== Lecture 7 (1/30 Fri.) ===== |
* Emulator (i.e. uCode allots minimal datapath to emulate the ISA) | * Emulator (i.e. uCode allots minimal datapath to emulate the ISA) | ||
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+ | ===== Lecture 8 (2/2 Mon.) ===== | ||
+ | * Interlocking | ||
+ | * Multipath execution | ||
+ | * Fine grain multithreading | ||
+ | * No-op (Bubbles in the pipeline) | ||
+ | * Valid bits in the instructions | ||
+ | * Branch prediction | ||
+ | * Different types of data dependence | ||
+ | * Pipeline stalls | ||
+ | * bubbles | ||
+ | * How to handle stalls | ||
+ | * Stall conditions | ||
+ | * Stall signals | ||
+ | * Dependences | ||
+ | * Distant between dependences | ||
+ | * Data forwarding/bypassing | ||
+ | * Maintaining the correct dataflow | ||
+ | * Different ways to design data forwarding path/logic | ||
+ | * Different techniques to handle interlockings | ||
+ | * SW based | ||
+ | * HW based | ||
+ | * Profiling | ||
+ | * Static profiling | ||
+ | * Helps from the software (compiler) | ||
+ | * Superblock optimization | ||
+ | * Analyzing basic blocks | ||
+ | * How to deal with branches? | ||
+ | * Branch prediction | ||
+ | * Delayed branching (branch delay slot) | ||
+ | * Forward control flow/backward control flow | ||
+ | * Branch prediction accuracy | ||
+ | * Profile guided code positioning | ||
+ | * Based on the profile info. position the code based on it | ||
+ | * Try to make the next sequential instruction be the next inst. to be executed | ||
+ | * Predicate combining (combine predicate for a branch instruction) | ||
+ | * Predicated execution (control dependence becomes data dependence) | ||
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