My research involves using prediction to improve micro architecture. I am recently working on improving last level cache performance. My research focuses on dead block prediction and new cache replacement policies.

Conference Papers

Decoupled Dynamic Cache Segmentation
Samira Khan, Zhe Wang and Daniel A. Jimenez
18th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA)
New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2012. [pdf]

Sampling Dead Block Prediction for Last-Level Caches
Samira Khan, Yingying Tian and Daniel A. Jimenez
43rd International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO)
Atlanta, Georgia, December 2010. [pdf]

Insertion Policy Selection Using Decision Tree Analysis
Samira Khan and Daniel A. Jimenez
28th International Conference of Computer Design (ICCD)
Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 2010. [pdf]

Using Dead Blocks as a Virtual Victim Cache
Samira Khan, Daniel A. Jimenez, Doug Burger and Babak Falsafi
19th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT)
Vienna, Austria, September 2010. [pdf]

Workshop Papers

Insertion Policy Selection Using Decision Tree Analysis
Samira Khan and Daniel A. Jimenez
1st JILP Workshop on Computer Architecture Competitions (JWAC-1): Cache Replacement Championship in conjunction with ISCA-37
Saint-Malo, France, June 2010. [pdf]

Using Dead Blocks as a Virtual Victim Cache
Samira Khan, Daniel A. Jimenez, Doug Burger and Babak Falsafi
4th Workshop on Chip Multiprocessor Memory Systems and Interconnects (CMP MSI) in conjunction with HPCA-16
Bangalore, India, January 2010. [pdf]

Posters

Using Pattern Sampling to Simplify and Improve L2 Caches
Yingying Tian, Samira Khan and Daniel A. Jimenez
15th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS)
Pittsburgh, PA, March 2010. [pdf]

Using Dead Blocks as a Virtual Victim Cache
Samira Khan, Daniel A. Jimenez, Doug Burger and Babak Falsafi
14th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS)
Washington, DC, March 2009. [pdf]

















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