Title :
Dynamic Characteristics of Loops
Author :
Kobayashi, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Amdahl Corporation
Abstract :
Loops are directly defined on an instruction execution string rather than on a directed graph model of a program derived from the source code. A simple efficient algorithm to find the loops and subloops thus defined is presented.
Keywords :
Computer architecture; instruction buffer; locality of reference; loops; performance evaluation; program behavior; Algorithm design and analysis; Area measurement; Automatic control; Central Processing Unit; Circuit faults; Computer architecture; Particle measurements; Program processors; Registers; Runtime; Computer architecture; instruction buffer; locality of reference; loops; performance evaluation; program behavior;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1984.1676404
