DocumentCode
2269774
Title
Performance characterization of the Pentium Pro processor
Author
Bhandarkar, Dileep ; Ding, Jason
Author_Institution
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA, USA
fYear
1997
fDate
1-5 Feb 1997
Firstpage
288
Lastpage
297
Abstract
In this paper, we characterize the performance of several business and technical benchmarks on a Pentium Pro processor based system. Various architectural data are collected using a performance monitoring counter tool. Results show that the Pentium Pro processor achieves significantly lower cycles per instruction than the Pentium processor due to its out of order and speculative execution, and non-blocking cache and memory system. Its higher clock frequency also contributes to even higher performance
Keywords
computer architecture; microprocessor chips; performance evaluation; Pentium Pro processor; architectural data; benchmarks; memory system; nonblocking cache; performance characterization; performance monitoring counter tool; Clocks; Computer architecture; Counting circuits; Decoding; Out of order; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Registers; Sprites (computer); Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
High-Performance Computer Architecture, 1997., Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7764-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HPCA.1997.569689
Filename
569689
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