Title :
Analytical Evaluation of Energy and Throughput for Multilevel Caches
Author :
Qadri, Muhammad Yasir ; McDonald-Maier, Klaus D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
With the increase of processor-memory performance gap, it has become important to gauge the performance of cache architectures so as to evaluate their impact on energy requirement and throughput of the system. Multilevel caches are found to be increasingly prevalent in the high-end processors. Additionally, the recent drive towards multicore systems has necessitated the use of multilevel cache hierarchies for shared memory architectures. This paper presents simplified and accurate mathematical models to estimate the energy consumption and the impact on throughput for multilevel caches for single core systems.
Keywords :
cache storage; mathematical analysis; shared memory systems; cache architectures; energy analytical evaluation; energy consumption estimation; mathematical models; multicore systems; multilevel caches; processor memory performance gap; shared memory architectures; single core systems; Analytical models; Cache memory; Computational modeling; Embedded system; Energy consumption; Energy dissipation; Mathematical model; Pipeline processing; Power system modeling; Throughput; cache mathematical models; energy; multilevel-cache; throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim), 2010 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6614-6
DOI :
10.1109/UKSIM.2010.114