Compiler optimization on instruction scheduling for low power

摘要

[[abstract]]We investigate compiler transformation techniques for the problem of scheduling VLIW instructions aimed to reduce the power consumption on the instruction bus. It can be categorized into two types: horizontal and vertical scheduling. For the horizontal case, we propose a bipartite-matching scheme. We prove that our greedy algorithm always gives the optimal switching activities of the instruction bus. In the vertical case we prove that the problem is NP-hard and propose a heuristic algorithm. Experimental results show average 13% improvements with the 4-way issue architecture and average 20% improvement with the 8-way issue architecture for power consumption of the instruction bus as compared with conventional list scheduling for an extensive set of benchmarks