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Cache and memory hierarchy design : a performance-directed approach /
An authoritative book for hardware and software designers. Caches are by far the simplest and most effective mechanism for improving computer performance. This innovative book exposes the characteristics of performance-optimal single and multi-level cache hierarchies by approaching the cache design...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Mateo, Calif. :
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
�1990.
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| Colección: | Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Cache and Memory Hierarchy Design: A Performance-Directed Approach; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Symbols; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Background Material; 2.1. Terminology; 2.2. Previous Cache Studies; 2.3. Analytical Modelling; 2.4. Temporal Analysis in Cache Design; 2.5. Multi-Level Cache Hierarchies; Chapter 3. The Cache Design Problem and Its Solution; 3.1. Problem Description; 3.2. Two Complementary Approaches; 3.3. Experimental Method; 3.4. Analytical Approach; Chapter 4. Performance-Directed Cache Design; 4.1. Speed
- Size Tradeoffs.
- 4.2. Speed
- Set Size Tradeoffs4.3. Block Size
- Memory Speed Tradeoffs; 4.4. Globally Optimum Cache Design; Chapter 5. Multi-Level Cache Hierarchies; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Motivation; 5.3. Intermediate Cache Design; 5.4. Optimal Memory Hierarchy Design; 5.5. A Detailed Example; 5.6. Fundamental Limits to Performance; 5.7. Summary; Chapter 6. Summary, Implications and Conclusions; 6.1. Summary; 6.2. The Implications of Performance-Directed Cache Design; Appendix A: Validation of the Empirical Results; A.1. The VAX Traces; A.2. The R2000 Traces; A.3. Combining the R2000 and the VAX Results.
- Appendix B: Modelling Write Strategy EffectsReferences; Index.