Modern instruction-level parallel (ILP) processors use superscalar architectures with deep pipelines in order to execute multiple instructions per cycle. The frequency and behavior of branch instructions seriously hinder performance of ILP processors. Various mechanisms, both at the compiler, as well as the processor level, have been proposed to predict the branch behavior. This work investigat...

Objectives of this study were to compare ethanol production between normal and waxy corn using a cold fermentation process and to understand effects of starch structures and properties on ethanol production. Ethanol yields positively correlated (p < 0.01) with starch contents of kernels of the normal and waxy corn. The average starch-ethanol conversion efficiency of waxy corn (93.0%) was substa...

We propose an alternative approach to branch resolution based on the earlier work on decoupled memory architectures. Branch decoupling is a technique to decouple a single instruction stream program into two streams. One stream is solely dedicated to resolving branches as early as possible (both the branch condition and the branch target). The resolved branch targets are consumed by the other co...

Experiments to determine the potential for program-level and/or phase-level adaptation of branch predictor configuration for the purpose of total processor energy savings were performed. The performance and energyefficiency of an 8-wide issue, out-of-order processor with six different branch predictors were evaluated on the SPECcpu2000 benchmark suite. Each branch predictor was compared to the ...

The depth average module of NASIR finite volume solver was applied to study the tide induced currents in Khowr-e-Musa estuary. The model computes water level variation and velocity components in horizontal plane solving depth average continuity and momentum equations considering the hydrostatic pressure distribution. The software takes into account the bed and wall geometric complexities and re...

KOIKE, K., OHNUKI, T., OHKUDA, K., NITTA, S. and NAKADA, T. Branching Architecture of Canine Pulmonary Arteries. A Quantitative Cast Study. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1986, 149 (3), 293-305 The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the branching pattern of pulmonary artery. The excised right lower lobes of six mongrel dogs were fixed by perfusion with 1.2% glutaraldehyde solution. Pressure of t...

UNLABELLED Study the morphology of the superficial branch of the radial nerve (SBRN) of the forearms and wrists of fresh adult human cadavers. METHODS Twenty three dissections were performed under 3.5x loupe magnification, histological sections of the nerve were obtained in 20 dissections for fascicle identification. RESULTS The SBRN emerged, in average, at 8.65cm proximal to the radial sty...

We consider neutral evolution of a large population subject to changes in its population size. For a population with a time-variable carrying capacity we study the distribution of the total branch lengths of its sample genealogies. Within the coalescent approximation we have obtained a general expression-Equation 20-for the moments of this distribution with a given arbitrary dependence of the p...