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From: koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Searching for determinism/predictability
Message-ID: <8248@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 90 12:45:57 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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I am searching for references to previous work done on
determinism and predictability over small time intervals
(i.e. microseconds).  Apparently many of the features of
modern architectures such as scoreboards, caches, and
use of fancy DRAM access techniques can really cause some
problems.  But, I can't find very much on actual measurements
or models -- most articles just mention the problem without
any analysis or modeling.

I have found the following:
- a 1986 article by Razouk et al. on measuring '286 performance
- a 1987 Software Engineering Institute report on Ada performance
- several articles by coworkers at Harris
- several recent articles in places such as Computer Design that
    wave their hands at the problem, but do no real analysis

Any pointers to further high-quality articles are appreciated.

Thanks,
  Phil Koopman                koopman@greyhound.ece.cmu.edu   Arpanet
  2525A Wexford Run Rd.
  Wexford, PA  15090
Senior Scientist at Harris Semiconductor, adjunct professor at CMU.