Title :
Scalar metric for temporal locality and estimation of cache performance
Author :
Alakarhu, Juha ; Niittylahti, Jarkko
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Digital & Comput. Syst., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
A scalar metric for temporal locality is proposed. The metric is based on LRU stack distance. This paper shows that the cache hit rate can be estimated based on the proposed metric (an error of a few percents can be expected). The metric alleviates high-level memory system outlining and enables using stack processing in run-time locality analysis.
Keywords :
cache storage; performance evaluation; LRU stack distance; cache hit rate; cache performance estimation; high-level memory; memory system outlining; run-time locality analysis; scalar metric; stack processing; temporal locality; Automatic testing; Computer errors; Design automation; Europe; Filters; Runtime; Thumb;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2004. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2085-5
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2004.1268951
