6. HPCA 2000: Toulouse, France
Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture, Toulouse, France, January 8-12, 2000. IEEE Computer Society 2000 ISBN 0-7695-0550-3
System Architecture Tradeoffs
Luiz André Barroso, Kourosh Gharachorloo, Andreas Nowatzyk, Ben Verghese: Impact of Chip-Level Integration on Performance of OLTP Workloads. 3-14
Josep Torrellas, Liuxi Yang, Anthony-Trung Nguyen: Toward a Cost-Effective DSM Organization That Exploits Processor-Memory Integration. 15-25
Memory and Cache
Binu K. Mathew, Sally A. McKee, John B. Carter, Al Davis: Design of a Parallel Vector Access Unit for SDRAM Memory Systems. 39-48
Wayne A. Wong, Jean-Loup Baer: Modified LRU Policies for Improving Second-Level Cache Behavior. 49-60
Stéphan Jourdan, Lihu Rappoport, Yoav Almog, Mattan Erez, Adi Yoaz, Ronny Ronen: eXtended Block Cache. 61-70
Networks

Rafael Casado, Aurelio Bermúdez, Francisco J. Quiles, José L. Sánchez, José Duato: Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Reconfiguration in High-Speed Local Area Networks. 85-96
Ki Hwan Yum, Aniruddha S. Vaidya, Chita R. Das, Anand Sivasubramaniam: Investigating QoS Support for Traffic Mixes with the MediaWorm Router. 97-106
Multithreading and Microarchitecture
James Burns, Jean-Luc Gaudiot: Quantifying the SMT Layout Overhead-Does SMT Pull Its Weight? 109-120
Todd C. Mowry, Sherwyn R. Ramkissoon: Software-Controlled Multithreading Using Informing Memory Operations. 121-132
Ramon Canal, Joan-Manuel Parcerisa, Antonio González: Dynamic Cluster Assignment Mechanisms. 133-142
Shared Memory
Ashwini K. Nanda, Anthony-Trung Nguyen, Maged M. Michael, Douglas J. Joseph: High-Throughput Coherence Controllers. 145-155
Stefanos Kaxiras, Cliff Young: Coherence Communication Prediction in Shared-Memory Multiprocessors. 156-167
Ravi Rajwar, Alain Kägi, James R. Goodman: Improving the Throughput of Synchronization by Insertion of Delays. 168-179
Software Techniques
Marta Jiménez, José M. Llabería, Agustin Fernández: On the Performance of Hand vs. Automatically Optimized Numerical Codes. 183-194
Magnus Karlsson, Fredrik Dahlgren, Per Stenström: A Prefetching Technique for Irregular Accesses to Linked Data Structures. 206-217
Charles Lefurgy, Eva Piccininni, Trevor N. Mudge: Reducing Code Size with Run-Time Decompression. 218-228
Prediction I

Michael Haungs, Phil Sallee, Matthew K. Farrens: Branch Transition Rate: A New Metric for Improved Branch Classification Analysis. 241-250
Harish Patil, Joel S. Emer: Combining Static and Dynamic Branch Prediction to Reduce Destructive Aliasing. 251-262
Parallel Systems
Robert Stets, Sandhya Dwarkadas, Leonidas I. Kontothanassis, Umit Rencuzogullari, Michael L. Scott: The Effect of Network Total Order, Broadcast, and Remote-Write Capability on Network-Based Shared Memory Computing. 265-276
Peter M. Behr, S. Pletner, Angela C. Sodan: PowerMANNA: A Parallel Architecture Based on the PowerPC MPC620. 277-286
Takeo Hosomi, Yasushi Kanoh, Masaaki Nakamura, Tetsuya Hirose: A DSM Architecture for a Parallel Computer Cenju-4. 287-298
Prediction II
Andreas Moshovos, Gurindar S. Sohi: Memory Dependence Speculation Tradeoffs in Centralized, Continuous-Window Superscalar Processors. 301-312
Henk Neefs, Hans Vandierendonck, Koenraad De Bosschere: A Technique for High Bandwidth and Deterministic Low Latency Load/Store Accesses to Multiple Cache Banks. 313-324
Alex Ramírez, Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Mateo Valero: Trace Cache Redundancy: Red & Blue Traces. 325-333
Parallel Systems Performance
Mustafa Uysal, Anurag Acharya, Joel H. Saltz: Evaluation of Active Disks for Decision Support Databases. 337-348
Franck Cappello, Olivier Richard, Daniel Etiemble: Investigating the Performance of Two Programming Models for Clusters of SMP PCs. 349-359
Robert Bosch, Chris Stolte, Gordon Stoll, Mendel Rosenblum, Pat Hanrahan: Performance Analysis and Visualization of Parallel Systems Using SimOS and Rivet: A Case Study. 360-371
Novel Architecture Issues
Scott Rixner, William J. Dally, Brucek Khailany, Peter R. Mattson, Ujval J. Kapasi, John D. Owens: Register Organization for Media Processing. 375-386
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Narayanan Vijaykrishnan, Lizy Kurian John, Anand Sivasubramaniam: Architectural Issues in Java Runtime Systems. 387-398
Alexis Vartanian, Jean-Luc Béchennec, Nathalie Drach-Temam: The Best Distribution for a Parallel OpenGL 3D Engine with Texture Caches. 399-408



