Title :
Sequential Program Prefetching in Memory Hierarchies
Author_Institution :
University of California
Abstract :
Memory transfers due to a cache miss are costly. Prefetching all memory references in very fast computers can increase the effective CPU speed by 10 to 25 percent.
Keywords :
Cache memory; Central Processing Unit; Computer architecture; Equations; Memory management; Prefetching;
DOI :
10.1109/C-M.1978.218016
