Year: 1996
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper describes a method to improve the cache locality of sequential programs by scheduling fine-grained threads. The algorithm relies upon hints provided at the time of thread creation to determine a thread execution order likely to reduce cache misses. This technique may be particularly valuable when compiler-directed tiling is not feasible. Experiments with several application programs, on two systems with different cache structures, show that our thread scheduling method can improve program performance by reducing second-level cache misses.
Language: English
Subfield: Hardware and Architecture
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2155917287