M. Hill

Publications
Influence

N. Binkert, Bradford M. Beckmann, +13 authors D. A. Wood
Computer Science
CARN
31 May 2011

The gem5 simulation infrastructure is the merger of the best aspects of the M5 [4] and GEMS [9] simulators. Expand

3,539
341

Multifacet's general execution-driven multiprocessor simulator (GEMS) toolset

M. Martin, D. Sorin, +6 authors D. A. Wood
Computer Science
CARN
1 November 2005

The Wisconsin Multifacet Project has created a simulation toolset to characterize and evaluate the performance of multiprocessor hardware systems commonly used as database and web servers using a suite of scaled-down commercial workloads. Expand

1,608
162
PDF

LogTM: log-based transactional memory

K. E. Moore, J. Bobba, Michelle J. Moravan, M. Hill, D. A. Wood
Computer Science
The Twelfth International Symposium on High…
27 February 2006

Transactional memory (TM) simplifies parallel programming by guaranteeing that transactions appear to execute atomically and in isolation. Expand

Amdahl's Law in the Multicore Era

M. Hill, Michael R. Marty
Computer Science
1 July 2008

Augmenting Amdahl's law with a corollary for multicore hardware makes it relevant to future generations of chips with multiple processor cores. Expand

LogTM-SE: Decoupling Hardware Transactional Memory from Caches

L. Yen, J. Bobba, +5 authors D. A. Wood
Computer Science
IEEE 13th International Symposium on High…
10 February 2007

This paper proposes a hardware transactional memory (HTM) system called LogTM Signature Edition (LogTM-SE). Expand

Efficiently enabling conventional block sizes for very large die-stacked DRAM caches

Gabriel H. Loh, M. Hill
Computer Science
44th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on…
3 December 2011

Die-stacking technology enables multiple layers of DRAM to be integrated with multicore processors. Expand

DBMSs on a Modern Processor: Where Does Time Go?

A. Ailamaki, D. DeWitt, M. Hill, D. A. Wood
Computer Science
VLDB
7 September 1999

A framework for analyzing query execution time on a DBMS running on a server with a modern processor and memory architecture. Expand

Amdahl's Law in the Multicore Era

M. Hill
Computer Science
Computer
24 October 2008

Augmenting Amdahl's law with a corollary for multicore hardware makes it relevant to future generations of chips with multiple processor cores. Expand

A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence

D. Sorin, M. Hill, D. A. Wood
Computer Science
A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache…
12 March 2012

We present both highlevel concepts as well as specific, concrete examples. Expand

Weaving Relations for Cache Performance

A. Ailamaki, D. DeWitt, M. Hill, Marios Skounakis
Computer Science
VLDB
11 September 2001

We propose a new data organization model called PAX (Partition Attributes Across), that significantly improves cache performance by grouping together all values of each attribute within each page. Expand

Recommended Authors