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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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| Author | Krishnaswamy, Arvind Gupta, Rajiv |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | In the embedded domain, memory usage and energy consumption are critical constraints.Embedded processors such as the ARM and MIPS provide a 16-bit instruction set, (called Thumb in the case of the ARM family of processors), in addition to the 32-bit instruction set to address these concerns. Using 16-bit instructions one can achieve code size reduction and instruction cache energy savings at the cost of performance. This paper presents a novel approach that enhances the performance of 16-bit Thumb code. We have observed that throughout Thumb code there exist Thumb instruction pairs that are equivalent to a single ARM instruction. We have developed enhancements to the processor microarchitecture and the Thumb instruction set to exploit this property. We enhance the Thumb instruction set by incorporating Augmenting eXtensions (AX). A Thumb instruction pair that can be combined into a single ARM instruction is replaced by an AXThumb instruction pair by the compiler. The AX instruction is coalesced with the immediately following Thumb instruction to generate a single ARM instruction at decode time. The enhanced microarchitecture ensures that coalescing does not introduce pipeline delays or increase cycle time thereby resulting in reduction of both instruction counts and cycle counts. Using AX instructions and coalescing hardware we are also able to support efficient predicated execution in 16-bit mode. |
| Starting Page | 3 |
| Ending Page | 37 |
| Page Count | 35 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 15399087 |
| e-ISSN | 15583465 |
| DOI | 10.1145/1053271.1053273 |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 2005-02-01 |
| Publisher Place | New York |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | 16-bit Thumb ISA 32-bit ARM ISA AX instructions Embedded processor Code size Energy Instruction coalescing Performance |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Hardware and Architecture Software |
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