Towards a Time-predictable Dual-Issue Microprocessor: The Patmos Approach

Martin Schoeberl; Pascal Schleuniger; Wolfgang Puffitsch; Florian Brandner; Christian W. Probst; Sven Karlsson; Tommy Thorn

doi:10.4230/OASIcs.PPES.2011.11

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Towards a Time-predictable Dual-Issue Microprocessor: The Patmos Approach

Martin Schoeberl ()^a^, 1, Pascal Schleuniger ()^a^, 1, Wolfgang Puffitsch ()^b^, 2, Florian Brandner ()^c^, 3, Christian W. Probst ()^a^, 1, Sven Karlsson ()^a^, 1, Tommy Thorn ⁴

Bringing Theory to Practice: Predictability and Performance in Embedded Systems 18 (2011) 11-21

Résumé : Current processors are optimized for average case performance, often leading to a high worst-case execution time (WCET). Many architectural features that increase the average case performance are hard to be modeled for the WCET analysis. In this paper we present Patmos, a processor optimized for low WCET bounds rather than high average case performance. Patmos is a dual- issue, statically scheduled RISC processor. The instruction cache is organized as a method cache and the data cache is organized as a split cache in order to simplify the cache WCET analysis. To fill the dual-issue pipeline with enough useful instructions, Patmos relies on a customized compiler. The compiler also plays a central role in optimizing the application for the WCET instead of average case performance.

a – Technical University of Denmark
b – Vienna University of Technology
c – INRIA
1 : Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling
Technical University of Denmark
2 : Institute of Computer Engineering [Vienna]
Vienna University of Technology
3 : COMPSYS (INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes / LIP Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme)
INRIA – CNRS : UMR5668 – École Normale Supérieure (ENS) - Lyon
4 : Unaﬃliated Researcher
Unaﬃliated Researcher

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