Bhagat, Indu (Date of defense: 2012-02-23)
This thesis takes a HW/SW collaborative approach to tackle the problem of computational inefficiency in a holistic manner. The hardware is redesigned by restraining the datapath to merely 16-bit datawidth ...
Deb, Abhishek (Date of defense: 2012-05-03)
In this thesis we have explored the co-designed paradigm to show alternative processor design points. Specifically, we have provided HW/SW mechanisms for instruction fusion, issue and commit for modern ...
Madriles Gimeno, Carles (Date of defense: 2012-07-23)
In the last decade, industry made a right-hand turn and shifted towards multi-core processor designs, also known as Chip-Multi-Processors (CMPs), in order to provide further performance improvements ...
Dot Artigas, Gem (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)
Dynamically typed languages are ubiquitous in today's applications. These languages ease the task of programmers but introduce significant runtime overheads since variables are neither declared nor ...
Anglada Sánchez, Martí (Date of defense: 2020-06-09)
The computation capabilities of mobile GPUs have greatly evolved in the last generations, allowing real-time rendering of realistic scenes. However, the desire for processing complex environments clashes ...