Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-rsc!crick
From: crick@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Bill Crick)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Frequency
Keywords: frequency, branch prediction
Message-ID: <606@bnr-rsc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 88 19:29:42 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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Given that some sort of frequency statement or profiling results are
available, and are useful for increasing performance (jury is still out?),
how does one build a machine to take the best advantage of this info to 
get lots of speed? There have been several compiler suggestions, but 
what do you do to the actual machine hardware to take advantage of this?
This could include but shouldn't be limited to the CPU itself. What about
the memory heirachy?   Any ideas? <- I will probably regret this!

Bill Crick
Computo, Ergo Sum! (V Pbzchgr, Gurersber, V Nz!)


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