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Performance Degradation of Instruction Pipeline Due to Cache-Miss

10/04/2006 00:00:00
Writer/Researcher : M. A. Kartawidjaja

 

Area of Research : Computer Engineering

 

Journal : Elektra

 

Volume : 3, No. 1

 

Year : 2006

 

Pipelining is widely used to enhance the performance of today‘s computers. The ideal performance enhancement can be achieved should the operations taking place in the pipeline do not undergo interruptions. This article explains the degradation of pipeline performance as a result of cache-miss.