Domain-specific architecture
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A Domain-specific architecture is a programmable computer architecture specifically tailored to operate very efficiently within the confines of a given application domain. The term is often used in contrast to general-purpose architectures, such as CPUs, that are designed to operate on any computer program.
History
In conjunction with the semiconductor boom started in the 1960s, computer architects were tasked with finding new ways to exploit the increasingly large number of transistors available. Moore's Law and Dennard Scaling enabled architects to focus on improving the performance of general-purpose microprocessors on general-purpose programs [1][2].
These efforts yielded several technological innovations such as multi-level caches, out-of-order execution, deep instruction pipelines, multithreading and multiprocessing. The impact of these innovations was measured on generalist benchmarks such as SPEC, and architects were not concerned with the internal structure or specific characteristics of these programs[3].
See also
References
- ^ Moore, G.E. (1998-01). "Cramming More Components Onto Integrated Circuits". Proceedings of the IEEE. 86 (1): 82–85. doi:10.1109/jproc.1998.658762. ISSN 0018-9219.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Dennard, R.H.; Gaensslen, F.H.; Yu, Hwa-Nien; Rideout, V.L.; Bassous, E.; LeBlanc, A.R. (1974-10). "Design of ion-implanted MOSFET's with very small physical dimensions". IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 9 (5): 256–268. doi:10.1109/jssc.1974.1050511. ISSN 0018-9200.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hennessy, John L.; Patterson, David A. (2019). Computer architecture: a quantitative approach. Krste Asanović (Sixth edition ed.). Cambridge, Mass: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, an imprint of Elsevier. p. 540. ISBN 978-0-12-811905-1.
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