by Lau Siu Chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-74). / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgment --- p.ii / List of Figures --- p.v / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Hiding memory latency --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Organization of dissertation --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Related Work --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Hardware controlled cache prefetching --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Software assisted cache prefetching --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Data Prefetching --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data reference patterns --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Embedded hints for next data references --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Instruction Opcode and Addressing Mode Prefetching scheme --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Basic IAP scheme --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Enhanced IAP scheme --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Combined IAP scheme --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- Evaluation methodology --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Trace-driven simulation --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Caching models --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Benchmarks and metrics --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2 --- General Results --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Varying cache size --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Varying cache block size --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Varying associativity --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Other performance metrics --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Accuracy of prefetch --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Partial hit delay --- p.55 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Bus usage problem --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4 --- Zero time prefetch --- p.63 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.67 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.68 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of our research --- p.68 / Chapter 5.2 --- Future work --- p.70 / Bibliography --- p.71
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321559 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Contributors | Lau, Siu Chung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 74 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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