Abstract— The optimal size of a large on-chip cache can be different for different programs: at some point, the reduction of cache misses achieved when increasing cache size hits...
Domingo Benitez, Juan C. Moure, Dolores Rexachs, E...
During recent years, microprocessor energy consumption has been surging and efforts to reduce power and energy have received a lot of attention. At the same time, virtual executio...
Current multimedia applications are characterized by highly dynamic and non-deterministic behavior as well as high-performance requirements. In addition, portable devices demand a...
Javier Resano, Diederik Verkest, Daniel Mozos, Ser...
The power consumed by the memory hierarchy of a microprocessor can contribute to as much as 50% of the total microprocessor system power, and is thus a good candidate for optimiza...
Researchers have proposed using hardware data compression units within the memory hierarchies of microprocessors in order to improve performance, energy efficiency, and functional...
Xi Chen, Lei Yang, Haris Lekatsas, Robert P. Dick,...