Title :
Evaluating register file size in ASIP design
Author :
Jain, Manoj Kumar ; Wehmeyer, Lars ; Steinke, Stefan ; Marwedel, Peter ; Balakrishnan, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Delhi, India
Abstract :
Interest in synthesis of Application Specific Instruction Set Processors or ASIPs has increased considerably and a number of methodologies have been proposed for ASIP design. A key step in ASIP synthesis involves deciding architectural features based on application requirements and constraints. In this paper we observe the effect of changing register file size on the performance as well as power and energy consumption. Detailed data is generated and analyzed for a number of application programs. Results indicate that choice of an appropriate number of registers has a significant impact on performance
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; instruction sets; parallel processing; ASIP design; application programs; application requirements; application specific instruction set processors; architectural features; constraints; performance; register file size; Aerospace electronics; Application specific processors; Automatic control; Computer science; Control system synthesis; Costs; Data flow computing; Permission; Registers; Space exploration;
Conference_Titel :
Hardware/Software Codesign, 2001. CODES 2001. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-364-2
DOI :
10.1109/HSC.2001.924660
