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Tuning Branch Predictors to Support Virtual Method Invocation in Java

N. Vijaykrishnan
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, 16802
vijay@cse.psu.edu, https://www.cse.psu.edu/~vijay

N. Ranganathan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
ranganat@ece.utep.edu, https://www.ece.utep.edu/faculty/webrangan/

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Background
• Path History Based Predictor
• Experimental Setup
• Predictor Parameter Variations
  • Number of History Buffers
  • History Path Length
  • Path History Compression
  • Hashing Function
  • Tagged versus Tagless Target Buffers
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• About this document ...