Yasin's Publications

Papers

2020s

• From Top-down Microarchitecture Analysis to Structured Performance Optimizations. Ahmad Yasin. NANDA Workshop, 2023. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.52843/cassyni.gtjvgt (recording & slides)] 

• Intel Alder Lake CPU Architectures. Efraim Rotem, Adi Yoaz, Lihu Rappoport, Stephan Robinson, Julius Mandelblat, Eliezer Weissmann, Arik Gihon, Rajshree Chabukswar, Vadim Bassin, Russ Fenger, Monica Gupta, Ahmad Yasin. IEEE Micro, Volume 42, Issue 3, 2022. [IEEE]

• Micro-architectural analysis of in-memory OLTP: Revisited. Utku Sirin, Pınar Tözün, Danica Porobic, Ahmad Yasin, Anastasia Ailamaki. The VLDB Journal, 2021. [Springer]

• A Metric-Guided Method for Discovering Impactful Features and Architectural Insights for Skylake-Based Processors. Ahmad Yasin, Jawad Haj-Yahya, Yosi Ben-Asher, Avi Mendelson. In ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), Vol. 16, No. 4, Article 46, December 2019 and In European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, HiPEAC 2020. [ACM open access]

2010s

• Tuning Performance via Metrics with Expectations. Ahmad Yasin, Yosi Ben-Asher, Avi Mendelson. Computer Architecture Letters (CAL) 2019. [IEEE]

• A First-order Approximation of Microarchitecture Energy-Efficiency. Ahmad Yasin, Yosi Ben-Asher. SAMOS 2018. [slides][ACM]

• Low-Overhead Dynamic Instruction Mix Generation Using Hybrid Basic Block Profiling. Andrzej Nowak (CERN Openlab and EPFL), Ahmad Yasin, Pawel Szostek, Willy Zwaenepoel. In IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, ISPASS 2018. [paper]

• A Methodology for OLTP Micro-architectural Analysis. Utku Sirin (EPFL), Ahmad Yasin, Anastasia Ailamaki. In Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Data Management on New Hardware, DaMoN 2017. [ACM]

• Inside 6th-Generation Intel Core: New Microarchitecture Code-Named Skylake. Jack Doweck, Wen-Fu Kao, Allen Kuan-yu Lu, Julius Mandelblat, Anirudha Rahatekar, Lihu Rappoport, Efraim Rotem, Ahmad Yasin, Adi Yoaz. IEEE Micro, Volume 37, Issue 2, 2017. [IEEE]

• Fine-Grain Power Breakdown of Modern Out-of-Order Cores and Its Implications on Skylake-Based Systems. Jawad Haj-Yihia, Ahmad Yasin, Yosi Ben-Asher, Avi Mendelson. In ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO) Journal, Volume 13 Issue 4, December 2016 and In European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, HiPEAC 2017

• Inside 6th generation Intel Core code named Skylake: New Microarchitecture and Power Management. Jack Doweck, Ittai Anati, David Blythe, Hong Jiang, Wen-fu Kao, Julius Mandelblat, Lihu Rappoport, Efraim Rotem, Ahmad Yasin. Hot Chips 2016. [slides]

• Breakthrough of PMONs Validation introduced in Skylake, Emile Ziedan, Yaniv Dana, Sekhar Katta, Ahmad Yasin, Sameer Desai, Rajalakshmi Sahoo. In Design & Test Technology Conference (Intel's premier conference), DTTC 2015. [paper#24875 available within Intel]

• Establishing a Base of Trust with Performance Counters for Enterprise Workloads. Andrzej Nowak, Ahmad Yasin, Avi Mendelson, Willy Zwaenepoel. In 2015 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, USENIX ATC  2015. [paper][slides]

• DOEE: Dynamic Optimization framework for better Energy Efficiency. Jawad Haj-Yihia, Ahmad Yasin, Yosi Ben-Asher. In SpringSim High Performance Computing Symposium, HPC 2015. [paper] [slides]

• Compiler-Directed Power Management for Superscalars. Jawad Haj-Yihia, Yosi Ben Asher, Efraim Rotem, Ahmad Yasin, Ran Ginosar. In European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, HiPEAC 2015. and ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO) Journal, Volume 11 Issue 4, January 2015

• Energy management of highly dynamic server workloads in a heterogeneous datacenter, Rotem, Efraim, Uri C. Weisser, Avi Mendelson, Ahmad Yasin, and Ran Ginosar. In IEEE International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation, PATMOS 2014. [paper]

• Deep-dive Analysis of the Data Analytics Workload in CloudSuite. Ahmad Yasin, Yosi Ben-Asher, Avi Mendelson. In IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization, IISWC 2014. [paper] [slides]

• A Top-Down Method for Performance Analysis and Counters Architecture. Ahmad Yasin. In IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, ISPASS 2014. [paper or bit.ly/tma-ispass14] [slides][data spreadsheet][ResearchGate]

• How to Tune Applications Using a Top-Down Characterization of Microarchitectural Issues. Jackson Marusarz, Shannon Cepeda, Ahmad Yasin. Intel whitepaper 2013. [link]

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