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Integration of Memory Subsystem with Microprocessor Supporting On-Chip Real Time Trace Compression

In this thesis, we integrate the memory subsystem, including cache and MMU¡]Memory Management Unit¡^ with the embedded 32 bits microprocessor SYS32TM-II to support the virtual memory mechanism of the operating system and make memory management effectively among multi-processes in the system. To provide the virtual to physical address translation with MMU and to improve the system performance with cache. We reuse the memory subsystem of the LEON2 SoC platform and design the communication interface to coordinate the processor core SYS32TM-II with the LEON2 memory subsystem, and modify the LEON2 memory subsystem to compatible with SYS32TM-II.
After the integration of memory subsystem, a reusing cache for program address trace compression in real time is proposed. The advantage is that reusing cache with minor hardware modification can not only save the hardware compressor overhead but also obtain a high compression ratio. Experimental results show that the proposed approach causes few hardware area overhead but achieves approximately 90% compression ratio at real-time.
Therefore, this thesis is the memory subsystem with parameterized design and with the ability to support system debugging. The role of the memory subsystem is not only to improve the system performance and to provide the hardware support requiring by the operating system, with minor modification, the memory susbsystem can also capture the dynamic program execution trace in parallel with microprocessor. The address trace compression mechanism will not effect the program execution and capable to compress at real-time.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0906107-143502
Date06 September 2007
CreatorsLai, Chun-hung
ContributorsIng-Jer Huang, Shu-Min Li, Jih-ching Chiu, Shiann-Rong Kuang, Jin-Hua Hong
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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