The Named-State Register File
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Nuth, Peter R.
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This thesis introduces the Named-State Register File, a fine-grain, fully-associative register file. The NSF allows fast context switching between concurrent threads as well as efficient sequential program performance. The NSF holds more live data than conventional register files, and requires less spill and reload traffic to switch between contexts. This thesis demonstrates an implementation of the Named-State Register File and estimates the access time and chip area required for different organizations. Architectural simulations of large sequential and parallel applications show that the NSF can reduce execution time by 9% to 17% compared to alternative register files.
Date issued
1993-08-01Other identifiers
AITR-1459
Series/Report no.
AITR-1459
Keywords
multithreaded, context switch, register, fully-associative, sthread, parallel processor