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 reduces energy consumption with little performance impact. This is achieved by tailoring the cache resources to the specific reference characteristics of each application.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: HIPEAC
• Authors: Michael J. Geiger, Sally A. McKee, Gary S. Tyson
• Keywords: Cache, Conventional Data Cache, HIPEAC 2005, Multilateral Cache Organization, System Software