A software solution for dynamic stack management on scratch pad memory

Arun Kannan; Aviral Shrivastava; Amit Pabalkar; Jong Eun Lee

doi:10.1109/ASPDAC.2009.4796548

A software solution for dynamic stack management on scratch pad memory

Arun Kannan, Aviral Shrivastava, Amit Pabalkar, Jong Eun Lee

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Abstract

In an effort to make processors more power efficient scratch pad memory (SPM) have been proposed instead of caches, which can consume majority of processor power. However, application mapping on SPMs remain a challenge. We propose a dynamic SPM management scheme for program stack data for processor power reduction. As opposed to previous efforts, our solution does not mandate any hardware changes, does not need profile information, and SPM size at compile-time, and seamlessly integrates support for recursive functions. Our technique manages stack frames on SPM using a scratch pad memory manager (SPMM), integrated into the application binary by the compiler. Our experiments on benchmarks from MiBench [15] show average energy savings of 37% along with a performance improvement of 18%.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2009
Subtitle of host publication	Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009
Pages	612-617
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2009.4796548
State	Published - 2009
Event	Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009, ASP-DAC 2009 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: Jan 19 2009 → Jan 22 2009

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Name	Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC

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Other	Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009, ASP-DAC 2009
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	1/19/09 → 1/22/09

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Computer Science Applications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kannan, A., Shrivastava, A., Pabalkar, A., & Lee, J. E. (2009). A software solution for dynamic stack management on scratch pad memory. In Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2009: Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009 (pp. 612-617). Article 4796548 (Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2009.4796548

A software solution for dynamic stack management on scratch pad memory. / Kannan, Arun; Shrivastava, Aviral; Pabalkar, Amit et al.
Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2009: Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009. 2009. p. 612-617 4796548 (Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC).

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Kannan, A, Shrivastava, A, Pabalkar, A & Lee, JE 2009, A software solution for dynamic stack management on scratch pad memory. in Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2009: Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009., 4796548, Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC, pp. 612-617, Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009, ASP-DAC 2009, Yokohama, Japan, 1/19/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2009.4796548

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