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Skewed associativity enhances performance predictability Fran¸cois Bodin, Andr´ e Seznec To cite this version: Fran¸cois Bodin, Andr´ e Seznec. Skewed associativity enhances performance predictability. [Re- search Report] RR-2499, INRIA. 1995. <inria-00074177> HAL Id: inria-00074177 https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00074177 Submitted on 24 May 2006 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- entific research documents, whether they are pub- lished or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destin´ ee au d´ epˆ ot et ` a la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publi´ es ou non, ´ emanant des ´ etablissements d’enseignement et de recherche fran¸cais ou ´ etrangers, des laboratoires publics ou priv´ es.

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Skewed associativity enhances performance

predictability

Francois Bodin, Andre Seznec

To cite this version:

Francois Bodin, Andre Seznec. Skewed associativity enhances performance predictability. [Re-search Report] RR-2499, INRIA. 1995. <inria-00074177>

HAL Id: inria-00074177

https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00074177

Submitted on 24 May 2006

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open accessarchive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come fromteaching and research institutions in France orabroad, or from public or private research centers.

L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, estdestinee au depot et a la diffusion de documentsscientifiques de niveau recherche, publies ou non,emanant des etablissements d’enseignement et derecherche francais ou etrangers, des laboratoirespublics ou prives.

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Skewed associativity enhances performancepredictability

Francois Bodin, Andre Seznec

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