em<strong>Modeling Microprocessor Performance</strong>em focuses on the development of a designand evaluation tool named RIPE Rensselaer Interconnect Performanc... » 

emModeling Microprocessor Performanceem focuses on the development of a designand evaluation tool named RIPE Rensselaer Interconnect PerformanceEstimator. This tool analyzes the impact on wireability clock frequencypower dissipation and the reliability of single chip CMOS microprocessors as afunction of interconnect device circuit design and architectural parameters.It can accurately predict the overall performance of existing microprocessorsystems. For the three major microprocessor architectures DEC PowerPC andIntel the results have shown agreement within 10 on key parameters. br Themodels cover a broad range of issues that relate to the implementation andperformance of single chip CMOS microprocessors. The book contains a detaileddiscussion of the various models and the underlying assumptions based on actualdesign practices. As such RIPE and its models provide an insightful tool intosingle chip microprocessor design and its performance aspects. At the sametime it provides design and process engineers with the capability to modelevaluate compare and optimize single chip microprocessor systems usingadvanced technology and design techniques at an early design stage withoutcostly and time consuming implementation. br RIPE and its models demonstratethe factors which must be considered when estimating tradeoffs in device andinterconnect technology and architecture design on microprocessor performance. «