Register file

Known as: RF (disambiguation) 
A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU). Modern integrated circuit-based register files are usually… (More)
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2015
2015
GPU register file virtualization
To support massive number of parallel thread contexts, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) use a huge register file, which is… (More)
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2013
Highly Cited
2013
Warped register file: A power efficient register file for GPGPUs
General purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) have the ability to execute hundreds of concurrent threads. To support massive… (More)
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2011
2011
A compile-time managed multi-level register file hierarchy
As processors increasingly become power limited, performance improvements will be achieved by rearchitecting systems with energy… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Banked Multiported Register Files for High-Frequency Superscalar Microprocessors
Multiported register files are a critical component of high-performance superscalar microprocessors. Conventional multiported… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Multiple-banked register file architectures
The register file access time is one of the critical delays in current superscalar processors. Its impact on processor… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Register Organization for Media Processing
Processor architectures with tens to hundreds of arithmetic units are emerging to handle media processing applications. These… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
The energy complexity of register files
Register files (RF) represent a substantial portion of the energybudget in modern processors, and are growing rapidly with the… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Unified Assign and Schedule: A New Approach to Scheduling for Clustered Register File Microarchitectures
Recently, there has been a trend towards clustered microarchitectures to reduce the cycle time for wideissue microprocessors. In… (More)
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
Register File Design Considerations in Dynamically Scheduled Processors
We have investigated the register file requirements of dynamically scheduled processors using register renaming and dispatch… (More)
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
A scalable register file architecture for dynamically scheduled processors
A major obstacle in designing dynamically scheduled processors is the size and port requirement of the register file. By using a… (More)
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