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ICPP
2009
IEEE
13 years 2 months ago
Using Coherence Information and Decay Techniques to Optimize L2 Cache Leakage in CMPs
This paper evaluates several techniques to save leakage in CMP L2 caches by selectively switching off the less used lines. We primarily focus on private snoopy L2 caches. In this c...
Matteo Monchiero, Ramon Canal, Antonio Gonzá...
MICRO
2009
IEEE
133views Hardware» more  MICRO 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
A tagless coherence directory
A key challenge in architecting a CMP with many cores is maintaining cache coherence in an efficient manner. Directory-based protocols avoid the bandwidth overhead of snoop-based ...
Jason Zebchuk, Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, Moinuddin...