• DocumentCode
    3207139
  • Title

    Serializing instructions in system-intensive workloads: Amdahl’s Law strikes again

  • Author

    Wells, Philip M. ; Sohi, Gurindar S.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    16-20 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    264
  • Lastpage
    275
  • Abstract
    Serializing instructions (SIs), such as writes to control registers, have many complex dependencies, and are difficult to execute out-of-order (OoO). To avoid unnecessary complexity, processors often serialize the pipeline to maintain sequential semantics for these instructions.
  • Keywords
    operating systems (computers); Amdahl Law; operating system; out-of-order; serializing instructions; system-intensive workloads; Computer aided instruction; Control systems; Instruction sets; Logic; Operating systems; Out of order; Parallel processing; Pipelines; Registers; Yarn;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Performance Computer Architecture, 2008. HPCA 2008. IEEE 14th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • ISSN
    1530-0897
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2070-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HPCA.2008.4658645
  • Filename
    4658645
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3207139