Beyond Basic Region Caching: Specializing Cache Structures for High Performance and Energy Conservation

Increasingly tight energy design goals require processor architects to rethink the organizational structure of microarchitectural resources. In this paper, we examine a new multilateral cache organization that replaces a conventional data cache with a set of smaller region caches that significantly...

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Hauptverfasser: Geiger, Michael J., McKee, Sally A., Tyson, Gary S.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Increasingly tight energy design goals require processor architects to rethink the organizational structure of microarchitectural resources. In this paper, we examine a new multilateral cache organization that replaces a conventional data cache with a set of smaller region caches that significantly reduces energy consumption with little performance impact. This is achieved by tailoring the cache resources to the specific reference characteristics of each application.
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11587514_8