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Speculative execution

Known as: Predictive execution, Speculative, Speculative evaluation 
Speculative execution is an optimization technique where a computer system performs some task that may not be actually needed. The main idea is to do… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
MapReduce is a widely used parallel computing framework for large scale data processing. The two major performance metrics in… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Factors of soil formation : a system of quantitative pedology / Hans Jenny ; foreword by Ronald Amundson. p. cm. Originally… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Biosorption may be simply defined as the removal of substances from solution by biological material. Such substances can be… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
We investigate whether firms with strong corporate governance benefit from higher credit ratings relative to firms with weaker… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Serialization of threads due to critical sections is a fundamental bottleneck to achieving high performance in multithreaded… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
  • C. ZillesG. Sohi
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 68695
A relatively small set of static instructions has significant leverage on program execution performance. These problem… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Exchange market mayhem The antecedents and aftermath of speculative attacks This paper evaluates the causes and consequences of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The emerging ability to comply with caregivers' dictates and to monitor one's own behavior accordingly signifies a major growth… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The psychology classic a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can…