• DocumentCode
    2227095
  • Title

    A fast low power embedded cache memory design

  • Author

    Xue-mei, Zhao ; Yi-zheng, Ye ; Ming-yan, Yu ; Xiao-ming, Li

  • Author_Institution
    Microelectron. Center, Harbin Inst. of Technol., China
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    566
  • Lastpage
    569
  • Abstract
    A 64 kb cache system designed for 32 bit RISC CPU is realized. The circuits include two 4 ns 32 kb cache memories, two 1.4 ns 64-entry direct mapped translation lookaside buffers (TLB), and two 2 ns 64-lines tagRAM. The high-speed decoder and amplifier are employed. The TLB design contains a line encoder and valid bits with flash clear. This cache memory reduces the power and has faster access time by using the optimized decoder and sense amplifier. SMARCH algorithm makes all the cache system self-testability
  • Keywords
    cache storage; embedded systems; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; 32 bit; 64 kbit; RISC CPU; SMARCH algorithm; embedded cache memory; high-speed decoder; line encoder; low-power design; self-testability; sense amplifier; tagRAM; translation lookaside buffer; CADCAM; Cache memory; Central Processing Unit; Circuit synthesis; Computer aided manufacturing; Decoding; Delay effects; Microelectronics; Random access memory; Reduced instruction set computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    ASIC, 2001. Proceedings. 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6677-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICASIC.2001.982626
  • Filename
    982626