Software caching techniques and hardware optimizations for on-chip local memories

Despite the fact that the most viable L1 memories in processors are caches, on-chip local memories have been a great topic of consideration lately. Local memories are an interesting design option due to their many benefits: less area occupancy, reduced energy consumption and fast and constant access...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vujic, Nikola
Other Authors: Ayguadé i Parra, Eduard
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2012
Subjects:
DMA
004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/83598