Title :
Control Overhead—A Performance Metric for Evaluating Control-Unit Designs
Author :
Jenkins, Jesse H. ; Howard, James A.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California
fDate :
4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The basic goal in the design of computer control units is the efficient, high-speed allocation, orchestration, and synchronization of the computer resources. The key concept to meeting the above requirements is the continual optimization of the control structure during the design process. This paper defines an approach to control optimization which is independent of the particular control structure.
Keywords :
Control overhead; hardware monitoring; minicomputer; performance evaluation; performance optimization; sensitivity analysis; Arithmetic; Automatic generation control; Design optimization; Hardware; High performance computing; Measurement; Microcomputers; Microprogramming; Process design; Resource management; Control overhead; hardware monitoring; minicomputer; performance evaluation; performance optimization; sensitivity analysis;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1980.1675568
