Performance characterization of mobile-class nodes: Why fewer bits is better

Author

McDaniel, Michelle ; Hazelwood, Kim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 April 2011

Firstpage

131

Lastpage

132

Abstract

Mobile-class nodes, also known as netbooks, have become increasingly popular in the personal computing market. As is the trend in the computing market, the processors in these mobile-class nodes moving from 32 bits to 64 bits. This move extends the memory ceiling beyond the traditional 4GB, allowing for a significantly larger virtual address space. In addition, on the x8 6_64 architecture, 64-bit technology gives mobile-class processors access to eight extended 64-bit registers, as well as eight additional extended registers and eight additional 32-bit registers.

Keywords

memory architecture; microprocessor chips; notebook computers; personal computing; virtual storage; 64-bit registers; 64-bit technology; memory; mobile-class nodes; mobile-class processors; netbooks; performance characterization; personal computing market; virtual address space; x86_64 architecture; Benchmark testing; Power demand; Program processors; Random access memory; Registers; Runtime; Servers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-367-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-368-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPASS.2011.5762728

Filename

5762728