Feasibility of Combined Area and Performance Optimization for Superscalar Processors Using Random Search
Sven van Haastregt, Peter M. W. Knijnenburg · 2007
When designing embedded systems, one needs to make decisions concerning the different components that will be included in a microprocessor. An important issue is the chip area vs. performance trade-off. In this paper the authors investigate the relationship between chip area and performance for superscalar microprocessors. The authors investigate the feasibility to obtain a suitable configuration by searching. The authors show that the approach gives a good configuration after 100 to 150 iterations using a simple random search algorithm. This shows the feasibility of the approach, in particular when more sophisticated search algorithms are employed as we plan in future work