Relating static and dynamic machine code measurements

Author

Davidson, Jack W. ; Rabung, John R. ; Whalley, David B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

Volume

41

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

454

Abstract

In an effort to relate static measurements of machine code instructions and addressing modes to their dynamic counterparts, both types of measurements were made on nine different machines using a large and varied suite of programs. Using classical regression analysis techniques, the relationship between static architecture measurements and dynamic architecture measurements was explored. The statistical analysis showed that many static and dynamic measurements are strongly correlated and that it is possible to use the more easily obtained static measurements to predict dynamic usage of instructions and addressing modes. With few exceptions, the predictions are accurate for most architectural features

Keywords

computer architecture; statistical analysis; addressing modes; dynamic architecture measurements; dynamic machine code measurements; machine code instructions; regression analysis; static architecture measurements; static measurements; Assembly; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer science; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruction sets; Lifting equipment; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.135557

Filename

135557