This book focuses on the core question of the necessary architectural support ...This book focuses on the core question of the necessary architectural support provided by hardware to efficiently run virtual machines and of the corresponding design of the hypervisors that run them. Virtualization is still possible when the...more
This book focuses on the core question of the necessary architectural support ...This book focuses on the core question of the necessary architectural support provided by hardware to efficiently run virtual machines and of the corresponding design of the hypervisors that run them. Virtualization is still possible when the...more
Hardware acceleration in the form of customized datapath and control circuitry...Hardware acceleration in the form of customized datapath and control circuitry tuned to specific applications has gained popularity for its promise to utilize transistors more efficiently. Historically the computer architecture community has focused...more
Since the 1970 s microprocessor-based digital platforms have been riding Moore...Since the 1970 s microprocessor-based digital platforms have been riding Moore s law allowing for doubling of density for the same area roughly every two years. However whereas microprocessor fabrication has focused on increasing instruction...more
Since the 1970 s microprocessor-based digital platforms have been riding Moore...Since the 1970 s microprocessor-based digital platforms have been riding Moore s law allowing for doubling of density for the same area roughly every two years. However whereas microprocessor fabrication has focused on increasing instruction...more
This book provides computer engineers academic researchers new graduate studen...This book provides computer engineers academic researchers new graduate students and seasoned practitioners an end-to-end overview of virtual memory. We begin with a recap of foundational concepts and discuss not only state-of-the-art virtual memory...more
This book provides computer engineers academic researchers new graduate studen...This book provides computer engineers academic researchers new graduate students and seasoned practitioners an end-to-end overview of virtual memory. We begin with a recap of foundational concepts and discuss not only state-of-the-art virtual memory...more
Originally developed to support video games graphics processor units (GPUs) ar...Originally developed to support video games graphics processor units (GPUs) are now increasingly used for general-purpose (non-graphics) applications ranging from machine learning to mining of cryptographic currencies. GPUs can achieve improved...more
With growing interest in computer security and the protection of the code and ...With growing interest in computer security and the protection of the code and data which execute on commodity computers the amount of hardware security features in today s processors has increased significantly over the recent years. No longer of...more
With growing interest in computer security and the protection of the code and ...With growing interest in computer security and the protection of the code and data which execute on commodity computers the amount of hardware security features in today s processors has increased significantly over the recent years. No longer of...more
Originally developed to support video games graphics processor units (GPUs) ar...Originally developed to support video games graphics processor units (GPUs) are now increasingly used for general-purpose (non-graphics) applications ranging from machine learning to mining of cryptographic currencies. GPUs can achieve improved...more
To date the most common form of simulators of computer systems are software-ba...To date the most common form of simulators of computer systems are software-based running on standard computers. One promising approach to improve simulation performance is to apply hardware specifically reconfigurable hardware in the form of field...more
Today computer-system optimization at both the hardwareandsoftware levels mu...Today computer-system optimization at both the hardware and software levels must consider the details of the memory system in its analysis; failing to do so yields systems that are increasingly inefficient as those systems become more complex. This...more
Today computer-system optimization at both the hardwareandsoftware levels mu...Today computer-system optimization at both the hardware and software levels must consider the details of the memory system in its analysis; failing to do so yields systems that are increasingly inefficient as those systems become more complex. This...more
Many modern computer systems including homogeneous and heterogeneous architect...Many modern computer systems including homogeneous and heterogeneous architectures support shared memory in hardware. In a shared memory system each of the processor cores may read and write to a single shared address space. For a shared memory...more