CROSS-FERTILISATION BETWEEN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER

Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to prove that using new scientific tools in Computer Architecture research could be quite efficient and useful. We exemplified this idea during the paper, by analysing some innovative proposals in branch prediction research field. It’s necessary that computer architects to be more opened at other Computer Science areas and research methods, in order to enlarge their view and to improve their results. Cross-fertilisation is seen as essential if microprocessors are to continue their exponential growth. In conclusion we consider that using some more mature theoretical research tools, belonging to different science fields, could be an excellent alternative approach in the present-day Computer Architecture research method