Multicore Processors and Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keckler, Stephen W. (Editor), Olukotun, Kunle (Editor), Hofstee, H. Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Integrated Circuits and Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Microprocessors.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Computer Science.; Processor Architectures.; Circuits and Systems.; Electrical Engineering.

Multicore Processors and Systems provides a comprehensive overview of emerging multicore processors and systems. It covers technology trends affecting multicores, multicore architecture innovations, multicore software innovations, and case studies of state-of-the-art commercial multicore systems. Cr...

Table of Contents:

• Tiled Multicore Processors
• On-Chip Networks for Multicore Systems
• Composable Multicore Chips
• Speculatively Multithreaded Architectures
• Optimizing Memory Transactions for Multicore Systems
• General-Purpose Multi-core Processors
• Throughput-Oriented Multicore Processors
• Stream Processors
• Heterogeneous Multi-core Processors: The Cell Broadband Engine.