Search for dissertations about: "Josep Torrellas"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Josep Torrellas.

2. 1. Rethinking Speculative Execution from a Security Perspective

   Author : Christos Sakalis; Magnus Själander; Alexandra Jimborean; Stefanos Kaxiras; Josep Torrellas; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; computer architecture; speculative execution; processor; security; out-of-order execution; side-channel; microarchitectural replay; microarchitecture; Delay-on-Miss; Ghosts; Delay-on-Squash; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Speculative out-of-order execution is one of the fundamental building blocks of modern, high-performance processors. To maximize the utilization of the system's resources, hardware and software security checks in the speculative domain can be temporarily ignored, without affecting the correctness of the application, as long as no architectural changes are made before transitioning to the non-speculative domain. READ MORE