Multithreading Architecture (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture) - Softcover

Nemirovsky, Mario; Tullsen, Dean M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608458555 ISBN 13: 9781608458554

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Multithreaded architectures now appear across the entire range of computing devices, from the highest-performing general purpose devices to low-end embedded processors. Multithreading enables a processor core to more effectively utilize its computational resources, as a stall in one thread need not cause execution resources to be idle. This enables the computer architect to maximize performance within area constraints, power constraints, or energy constraints. However, the architectural options for the processor designer or architect looking to implement multithreading are quite extensive and varied, as evidenced not only by the research literature but also by the variety of commercial implementations. This book introduces the basic concepts of multithreading, describes a number of models of multithreading, and then develops the three classic models (coarse-grain, fine-grain, and simultaneous multithreading) in greater detail. It describes a wide variety of architectural and software design tradeoffs, as well as opportunities specific to multithreading architectures. Finally, it details a number of important commercial and academic hardware implementations of multithreading. Table of Contents: Introduction / Multithreaded Execution Models / Coarse-Grain Multithreading / Fine-Grain Multithreading / Simultaneous Multithreading / Managing Contention / New Opportunities for Multithreaded Processors / Experimentation and Metrics / Implementations of Multithreaded Processors / Conclusion

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608458555
• ISBN 13: 9781608458554
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 110