Abstract

본 논문은 분기 예측을 지원하는 임베디드 코어 자동 생성 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 동적 분기 예측모듈에 히스토리/분기방향 flag가 추가된 BTAC(Branch Target Address Cache)를 포함하여 타겟 어플리케이션의 수행 속도를 향상 시킬 수 있도록 하였다. 시뮬레이션으로부터 해당 어플리케이션의 분기 정보를 추출하고 이를 토대로 BHT(Branch History Table)와 BTAC의 entry를 결정한다. 제안된 분기 예측의 효율성을 검증하기 위해서 동적 분기 예측 모듈을 포함하는 ARM9TDMI 코어를 SMDL로 기술하고 코어를 생성하였다. 실험 결과는 entry의 수에 따라 면적은 60%까지 증가하였고 어플리케이션의 수행 사이클과 BTAC의 miss rate는 평균 1.7%, 9.6%씩 감소하였다. This thesis proposes an automatic embedded core generator system that supports branch prediction. The proposed system includes a dynamic branch prediction module that enhances execution speed of target applications by inserting history/direction flags into BTAC(Branch Target Address Cache). Entries of BHT(Branch History Table) and BTAC are determined based on branch informations extracted by simulation. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed branch prediction module, ARM9TDMI core including a dynamic branch predictor was described in SMDL and generated. Experimental results show that as the number of entry rises, area increase up to 60% while application execution cycle and BTAC miss rate drop by an average of 1.7% and 9.6%, respectively.

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