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Branch Behavior Characterization for Multimedia Applications

Author(s) -

Chia-Lin Yang,

Shun-Ying Wang,

Yi-Jung Chen

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

lecture notes in computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Book series

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249

H-Index - 400

eISSN - 1611-3349

pISSN - 0302-9743

ISBN - 3-540-40056-7

DOI - 10.1007/11859802_53

Subject(s) - computer science , branch predictor , workload , multimedia , smart phone , phone , computer architecture , embedded system , parallel computing , operating system , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy

Modern embedded processors employ dynamic branch prediction to reduce performance penalty caused by branch instructions. Existing branch predictor designs are all based on the behavior of applications on a GPP (general purpose processor). However, for an embedded system, such as smart phone, multimedia applications are the main workload. Therefore, in this paper, we perform detailed analysis on the branch behavior of multimedia applications. We believe that identifying important characteristics of the branch behavior of multimedia applications is important for designing a branch predictor for embedded processors.

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