Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume II (DATE'04) Paris, France February 16-February 20 ISBN: 0-7695-2085-5
This paper proposes a low-energy solution for CAM-based highly associative I-caches using a segmented wordline and a predictor-based instruction fetch mechanism. Not all instructions in a given I-cache fetch are used due to branches. The proposed predictor determines which instructions in a cache access will be used and does not fetch any other instructions. Results show an average I-cache energy savings of 44% over the baseline case and 6% over the segmented case with no negative impact on performance.
Citation:
Juan Luis Aragon, Dan Nicolaescu, Alex Veidenbaum, Ana-Maria Badulescu, "Energy-Efficient Design for Highly Associative Instruction Caches in Next-Generation Embedded Processors," date, vol. 2, pp.21374, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume II (DATE'04), 2004 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||