Browsing CS Technical Reports by Author "Gibson, Dan"

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    • Forwardflow: Scalable, RAM-Based Dataflow Execution 

      Gibson, Dan; Wood, David (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Computer Sciences, 2009)
      Power (and thermal) limits have forced an industry-wide shift from increasingly complex uniprocessors to multicore chips with 4, 8, and even 16 simpler processor cores. Yet Amdahl's Law suggests that these cores should not ...

    • To CMP or not to CMP: Analyzing Packet Classification on Modern and Traditional Network Processors 

      Smith, Randy; Gibson, Dan; Kong, Shijin (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Computer Sciences, 2009)
      Packet classification is a central component of modern network functionality, yet satisfactory memory usage and overall performance remains an elusive challenge at the highest speeds. The recent emergence of chip ...