An Analytical Embedded Microprocessor Performance Model using Instruction Dependencies
Jongbok Lee · 2010
In the initial design phase of embedded microprocessors, a performance model is necessary. By using not only the relation between the instruction window size and the issue width, but also the effects of the limited functional units and instruction dependencies, a theoretical performance model for an embedded superscalar microprocessor is proposed. By using trace-driven data of MiBench programs as input, this paper shows that the theoretically computed performance is quite similar to the measured value.