DocumentCode
1985793
Title
Defect-tolerant cache memory design
Author
Lamet, Dan ; Frenzel, James F.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
6-8 April 1993
Firstpage
159
Lastpage
163
Abstract
The design of a defect-tolerant control circuit for a set-associative cache memory is presented. The circuit maintains the stack ordering necessary for implementing the LRU replacement algorithm. A discussion of programming techniques for bypassing defective blocks is included.<>
Keywords
buffer storage; storage management chips; LRU replacement algorithm; defect-tolerant control circuit; defective blocks; programming techniques; set-associative cache memory; stack ordering; Added delay; Cache memory; Cache storage; Circuit testing; Costs; Geometry; Hardware; NASA; Pulp manufacturing; Redundancy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
VLSI Test Symposium, 1993. Digest of Papers., Eleventh Annual 1993 IEEE
Conference_Location
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-3830-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VTEST.1993.313331
Filename
313331
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