CBP 2011 - 2nd JILP Workshop on Computer Architecture Competitions: Championship Branch Prediction

The workshop on computer architecture competitions is a forum for holding competitions to evaluate computer architecture research topics. The second workshop is organized around a competition for branch prediction algorithms. The Championship Branch Prediction (CBP) invites contestants to submit their branch prediction code to participate in this competition. Contestants will be given a fixed storage budget to implement their best predictors on a common evaluation framework provided by the organizing committee.

Objective
The goal for this competition is to compare different branch prediction algorithms in a common framework. Predictors will be evaluated for two tracks: conditional branches and indirect branches. Predictors must be implemented within a fixed storage budget as specified in the competition rules. The simple and transparent evaluation process enables dissemination of results and techniques to the larger computer architecture community and allows independent verification of results.

Prizes
The championship has two tracks: A conditional branch prediction track and an indirect branch prediction track. The top performer for each track will receive a trophy commemorating his/her triumph (OR some other prize to be determined later). Top submissions will be invited to present at the workshop, when results will be announced. All source code, write-ups and performance results will be made publicly available through the JWAC-2 website. Authors of accepted workshop papers will be invited to submit full papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Instruction-Level Parallelism (JILP). Inclusion in the special issue will depend on the outcome of JILP's peer-review process: invited papers will be held to the same standard as regular submissions.