An experimental Investigation of Single and Multiple Issue ILP speedup for stack-based code

Stack-processors, which abandon register files and instead work directly on stack-resident operands, have recently enjoyed a resurgence of interest in conjunction with developments such as Java, and have always retained an interest for FORTH users, especially in realtime systems arenas. However, the opportunity to enhance throughput of stack-based architectures has received insignificant attention in recent years. Java, and the recent interest in low power architectures has something to owe to this.