Organization, management and VLSI implementation of a multiple register window file for LISP-oriented architectures

B. Furht; H.A. Aboalsamh; W.H. Chia; Y.N. Lai

doi:10.1109/HICSS.1988.11771

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Organization, management and VLSI implementation of a multiple register window file for LISP-oriented architectures

B. Furht, H.A. Aboalsamh, W.H. Chia and Y.N. Lai

[1988] Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Volume I: Architecture Track, Vol.1, pp.238-247

1988

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.1988.11771

Abstract

Application software

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Reduced instruction set computing

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Statistics

Very large scale integration

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A multiple register window organization suitable for LISP-oriented RISC architectures is proposed. Various LISP programs were studied to determine the statistics of free and bound variables, as well as the statistics of depth of nesting of LISP procedures. On the basis of this study, a multiple-register window organization consisting of 64 registers, which is suitable for LISP programs, is proposed. Various strategies to manage register windows in a LISP environment are analyzed to determine the best strategy. The hardware implementation of the proposed multiple register file for a LISP-oriented architecture is described, as is its implementation in VLSI.< >

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Title: Organization, management and VLSI implementation of a multiple register window file for LISP-oriented architectures
Creators - without role: B. Furht - University of Miami
H.A. Aboalsamh - University of Miami
W.H. Chia - University of Miami
Y.N. Lai - Miami University
Publication Details: [1988] Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Volume I: Architecture Track, Vol.1, pp.238-247
Publisher: IEEE Comput. Soc. Press
Identifiers: 9951952808331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding