Ergin, Oğuz2021-09-112021-09-11200616th International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation -- SEP 13-15, 2006 -- Montpellier, FRANCE3-540-39094-40302-9743https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/6687Register file is a hot spot in contemporary microprocessors. As the number of instructions present in the processor at a given time increases, the size of the register file increases and it becomes a more important source of power dissipation inside the processor. Therefore it is important to pursue techniques that reduce the energy dissipation of register files. In this paper we present a technique that exploits the narrowness of the produced and consumed values in order to reduce the dynamic energy dissipation of the register file. Our technique results in 20% energy reduction in the integer register file on average.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess[No Keywords]Conference Object2-s2.0-3375005978110.1007/11847083_46