Rethinking Caches for Throughput Processors.

The article discusses research on cache behavior and computer system performance. It references the study "Learning Your Limit: Managing Massively Multithreaded Caches Through Scheduling" by Timothy G. Rogers published in the current issue of the journal. Topics discussed include the different objec...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 90 - 91
Autor principal:	Keckler, Stephen W.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Dec2014
Materias:	Cache memory Computer systems Computer performance Graphics processing units Central processing units Computer engineering
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Sumario:	The article discusses research on cache behavior and computer system performance. It references the study "Learning Your Limit: Managing Massively Multithreaded Caches Through Scheduling" by Timothy G. Rogers published in the current issue of the journal. Topics discussed include the different objectives for the cache that have led to different trade-offs in modern graphics processing unit (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) systems.