Rationale for a 3D heterogeneous multi-core processor
Eric Rotenberg, Brandon H. Dwiel, Elliott Forbes, Zhenqian Zhang, Randy Widialaksono, Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury, Nyunyi Marcus Tshibangu, Steve Lipa, William Rhett Davis, Paul D. Franzon · 2013
Single-ISA heterogeneous multi-core processors are comprised of multiple core types that are functionally equivalent but microarchitecturally diverse. This paradigm has gained a lot of attention as a way to optimize performance and energy. As the instruction-level behavior of the currently executing program varies, it is migrated to the most efficient core type for that behavior.