Demote Scheme and Promote Scheme for Exclusive Cache
13 Mar 2018 Comparch HWCacheideasMicroarchitectureUnlike inclusive cache, it is harder to implement an exclusive policy on cache. This post introduces two schemes for exclusive cache.
Unlike inclusive cache, it is harder to implement an exclusive policy on cache. This post introduces two schemes for exclusive cache.
David Black-Schaffer from Uppsala Univerity made an impressing presentation about their TLC (Tag-Less Cache) work.
TLC is a novel cache hierarchy without tag array. Instead, it stores metadata separately to avoid unnecessary cache access.