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First Exam October 2, 2012 10:35AM – 11:50AM. Memory (Chapter 2). Sections 2.1 Introduction Basics of Memory Hierarchies Three Cs (miss rate) Basic optimization 2.2 Ten Advanced Optimizations Small & simple Way prediction Pipelined cache Non-blocking caches Multibanked caches
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First Exam October 2, 2012 10:35AM – 11:50AM
Memory (Chapter 2) • Sections • 2.1 Introduction • Basics of Memory Hierarchies • Three Cs (miss rate) • Basic optimization • 2.2 Ten Advanced Optimizations • Small & simple • Way prediction • Pipelined cache • Non-blocking caches • Multibanked caches • Critical word first & Early start • Merging write buffer • Compiler optimizations • Hardware prefetching • Compiler controlled prefetching