Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?

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Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?

November/December 2007 (vol. 27 no. 6)

pp. 14-24

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	Joel Emer, Mark D. Hill, Yale N. Patt, Joshua J. Yi, Derek Chiou, Resit Sendag, "Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?," IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 14-24, November/December, 2007.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MM.2007.109, author = {Joel Emer and Mark D. Hill and Yale N. Patt and Joshua J. Yi and Derek Chiou and Resit Sendag}, title = {Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?}, journal ={IEEE Micro}, volume = {27}, number = {6}, issn = {0272-1732}, year = {2007}, pages = {14-24}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2007.109}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Micro TI - Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus? IS - 6 SN - 0272-1732 SP14 EP24 EPD - 14-24 A1 - Joel Emer, A1 - Mark D. Hill, A1 - Yale N. Patt, A1 - Joshua J. Yi, A1 - Derek Chiou, A1 - Resit Sendag, PY - 2007 KW - computer systems organization; processor architectures; single data stream architectures; multiple data stream architectures (multiprocessors); microarchitecture implementation considerations VL - 27 JA - IEEE Micro ER -

Joel Emer, Intel

Mark D. Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yale N. Patt, University of Texas at Austin

Joshua J. Yi, Freescale Semiconductor

Derek Chiou, University of Texas at Austin

Resit Sendag, University of Rhode Island

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2007.109

To continue to offer improvements in application performance, should computer architecture researchers and chip manufacturers focus on improving single-threaded or multithreaded performance? This panel, from the 2007 Workshop on Computer Architecture Research Directions, discusses the relevant issues.

1. 14 R. Chappell private communication, 2003.2. B. Herrick, "Design Challenges in Multi-GHz Microprocessors," presentation, 2000, Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conf. (ASP-DAC 00); http://www.aspdac.com/2000/eng/apherrick2.pdf .

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computer systems organization; processor architectures; single data stream architectures; multiple data stream architectures (multiprocessors); microarchitecture implementation considerations

Citation:

Joel Emer, Mark D. Hill, Yale N. Patt, Joshua J. Yi, Derek Chiou, Resit Sendag, "Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?," IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 14-24, Nov./Dec. 2007, doi:10.1109/MM.2007.109

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