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Previously we developed a simple processor data-path; our motivation was simply to demonstrate the fundamentals of how such a processor might work. We can measure the performance of such a processor according to a huge number of criteria. For example, we might consider how many instructions it executes in a given time period, how much power it uses, how large the manufactured circuit is, and so on. In a more real-life context, we might tune our design to give the best performance according to one of these criteria; in this chapter we investigate a number of ways to measure performance (focusing on the speed at which a processor executes programs).
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Page, D. (2009). Measuring Performance. In: Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-256-6_6
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