A cache access time model, PRACTICS (PRedictor of Access and Cycle TIme for Cache Stack), has been developed to optimize the memory array architecture for the minimum access and c...
Annie (Yujuan) Zeng, Kenneth Rose, Ronald J. Gutma...
On-chip L1 and L2 caches represent a sizeable fraction of the total power consumption of microprocessors. In deep sub-micron technology, the subthreshold leakage power is becoming...
Cache memories account for a significant fraction of a chip's overall energy dissipation. Recent research advocates using "resizable" caches to exploit cache requir...
Se-Hyun Yang, Michael D. Powell, Babak Falsafi, T....
High performance SoC requires nonblocking interconnections between an array of processors built on one chip. With the advent of deep sub-micron technologies, switches are becoming...
Esther Y. Cheng, Feng Zhou, Bo Yao, Chung-Kuan Che...
As the CMOS technology enters the deep submicron design era, the lateral inter-wire coupling capacitance becomes the dominant part of load capacitance and makes RC delay on the bu...