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Class 4 - 5

Computer Organization and


Architecture 1

3 SKS

Dr. Eng. Tati Erlina, MIT/Nefy Putri Novani, MT

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Class 4 - 5
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Cache Memory
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Location Performance
Internal (e.g. processor registers, cache, Access time
main memory) Cycle time
External (e.g. optical disks, magnetic disks, Transfer rate
tapes) Physical Type
Capacity Semiconductor
Number of words Magnetic
Number of bytes Optical
Unit of Transfer Magneto-optical
Word Physical Characteristics
Block Volatile/nonvolatile
Access Method Erasable/nonerasable
Sequential Organization
Direct Memory modules
Random
Associative

Table 4.1
Key Characteristics of Computer Memory Systems

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+ Characteristics of Memory Systems
• Location
• Refers to whether memory is internal and external to the computer
• Internal memory is often equated with main memory
• Processor requires its own local memory, in the form of registers
• Cache is another form of internal memory
• External memory consists of peripheral storage devices that are accessible to
the processor via I/O controllers

• Capacity
• Memory is typically expressed in terms of bytes

• Unit of transfer
• For internal memory the unit of transfer is equal to the number of electrical
lines into and out of the memory module
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Method of Accessing Units of Data
Sequential Direct Random
access access access Associative

Each addressable A word is retrieved based


Memory is organized into
Involves a shared read- location in memory has a on a portion of its
units of data called unique, physically wired- contents rather than its
records write mechanism
in addressing mechanism address

Each location has its own


The time to access a addressing mechanism
Individual blocks or given location is
Access must be made in records have a unique and retrieval time is
a specific linear independent of the constant independent of
address based on sequence of prior
sequence physical location location or prior access
accesses and is constant patterns

Any location can be


selected at random and Cache memories may
Access time is variable Access time is variable directly addressed and employ associative
accessed access

Main memory and some


cache systems are
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Capacity and Performance:
The two most important characteristics of memory

Three performance parameters are used:


Access time (latency) Memory cycle time Transfer rate
• For random-access memory • Access time plus any • The rate at which
it is the time it takes to additional time required data can be
perform a read or write
operation
before second access can transferred into or
commence out of a memory unit
• For non-random-access
memory it is the time it takes • Additional time may be • For random-access
to position the read-write required for transients to memory it is equal
mechanism at the desired die out on signal lines or to 1/(cycle time)
location to regenerate data if they
are read destructively
• Concerned with the
system bus, not the
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• Several physical characteristics of data storage are important:
• Volatile memory
ü Information decays naturally or is lost when electrical power is switched
off
• Nonvolatile memory
• The most common forms are: ü Once recorded, information remains without deterioration until
deliberately changed
• Semiconductor memory
ü No electrical power is needed to retain information
• Magnetic surface memory • Magnetic-surface memories
• Optical ü Are nonvolatile
• Magneto-optical • Semiconductor memory
ü May be either volatile or nonvolatile
• Nonerasable memory
ü Cannot be altered, except by destroying the storage unit
ü Semiconductor memory of this type is known as read-only memory (ROM)

For the Glory of the Nation • For random-access memory the organization is a key design issue
• Organization refers to the physical arrangement of bits to form words
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+ Memory Hierarchy
• Design constraints on a computer’s memory can be summed
up by three questions:
• How much, how fast, how expensive

• There is a trade-off among capacity, access time, and cost


• Faster access time, greater cost per bit
• Greater capacity, smaller cost per bit
• Greater capacity, slower access time

• The way out of the memory dilemma is not to rely on a


single memory component or technology, but to employ a
memory hierarchy
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T1 + T2

T2

Average access time


T1

0 1
Fraction of accesses involving only Level 1 (Hit ratio)

Figure 4.2 Performance of a Simple Two-Level Memory


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• The use of three levels exploits the fact that semiconductor
memory comes in a variety of types which differ in speed and cost
• Data are stored more permanently on external mass storage
devices
• External, nonvolatile memory is also referred to as secondary
memory or auxiliary memory

• Disk cache
ü A portion of main memory can be used as a buffer to hold data
temporarily that is to be read out to disk
ü A few large transfers of data can be used instead of many small
transfers of data
ü Data can be retrieved rapidly from the software cache rather than
slowly from the disk
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Block Transfer
Word Transfer

CPU Cache Main Memory


Fast Slow

(a) Single cache

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Main


CPU
(L1) cache (L2) cache (L3) cache Memory

Fastest Fast
Less Slow
fast

(b) Three-level cache organization

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Figure 4.3 Cache and Main Memory

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Line Memory
Number Tag Block address
0 0
1 1
2 2 Block 0
3 (K words)

C–1
Block Length
(K Words)

(a) Cache

Block M – 1

2n – 1
Word
Length
(b) Main memory

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START

Receive address
RA from CPU

Is block No Access main


containing RA memory for block
in cache? containing RA
Yes

Fetch RA word Allocate cache


and deliver line for main
to CPU memory block

Load main
Deliver RA word
memory block
to CPU
into cache line

DONE

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Figure 4.5 Cache Read Operation

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Address

Address
buffer

System Bus
Control Control
Processor Cache

Data
buffer

Data

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Figure 4.6 Typical Cache Organization
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Cache Addresses Write Policy
Logical Write through
Physical Write back
Cache Size Line Size
Mapping Function Number of caches
Direct Single or two level
Associative Unified or split
Set Associative
Replacement Algorithm
Least recently used (LRU)
First in first out (FIFO)
Least frequently used (LFU)
Random
Table 4.2
Elements of Cache Design
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Virtual Memory

• Virtual memory
• Facility that allows programs to address memory from a logical
point of view, without regard to the amount of main memory
physically available

• When used, the address fields of machine instructions contain


virtual addresses

• For reads to and writes from main memory, a hardware


memory management unit (MMU) translates each virtual
address into a physical address in main memory

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Logical address Physical address
MMU

Processor Main
Cache memory

Data

(a) Logical Cache

Logical address Physical address


MMU

Processor Main
Cache memory

Data

(b) Physical Cache

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Figure 4.7 Logical and Physical Caches


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Year of
Processor Type L1 Cachea L2 cache L3 Cache
Introduction
IBM 360/85 Mainframe 1968 16 to 32 kB — —
PDP-11/70 Minicomputer 1975 1 kB — —
VAX 11/780 Minicomputer 1978 16 kB — —
IBM 3033 Mainframe 1978 64 kB — —
IBM 3090 Mainframe 1985 128 to 256 kB — —
Intel 80486 PC 1989 8 kB — —
Pentium PC 1993 8 kB/8 kB 256 to 512 KB —
PowerPC 601 PC 1993 32 kB — —
PowerPC 620
PowerPC G4
PC
PC/server
1996
1999
32 kB/32 kB
32 kB/32 kB

256 KB to 1 MB

2 MB
Table 4.3
IBM S/390 G6 Mainframe 1999 256 kB 8 MB —
Pentium 4 PC/server 2000 8 kB/8 kB 256 KB — Cache Sizes of
IBM SP
High-end
server/ 2000 64 kB/32 kB 8 MB — Some
CRAY MTAb
supercomputer
Supercomputer 2000 8 kB 2 MB —
Processors
Itanium PC/server 2001 16 kB/16 kB 96 KB 4 MB
Itanium 2 PC/server 2002 32 kB 256 KB 6 MB
IBM High-end
2003 64 kB 1.9 MB 36 MB
POWER5 server
CRAY XD-1 Supercomputer 2004 64 kB/64 kB 1MB —
aTwo values separated by
IBM
PC/server 2007 64 kB/64 kB 4 MB 32 MB a slash refer to instruction
POWER6
and data caches.
IBM z10 Mainframe 2008 64 kB/128 kB 3 MB 24-48 MB
Intel Core i7 Workstaton/ b Both caches are
2011 6 × 32 kB/32 kB 1.5 MB 12 MB
EE 990 server instruction only; no data
caches.
IBM 24 MB L3
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2011 24 × 1.5 MB 192 MB
Server 128 kB
196 L4 (Table can be found on
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Mapping Function
• Because there are fewer cache lines than main memory blocks, an
algorithm is needed for mapping main memory blocks into cache
lines
• Three techniques can be used:

Direct Associative Set Associative


• The simplest technique • Permits each main memory • A compromise that exhibits
block to be loaded into any the strengths of both the
• Maps each block of main line of the cache direct and associative
memory into only one approaches while reducing
possible cache line • The cache control logic their disadvantages
interprets a memory address
simply as a Tag and a Word
field
• To determine whether a
block is in the cache, the
cache control logic must
simultaneously examine
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b t b
B0 L0

m lines
Bm–1 Lm–1
First m blocks of
cache memory
main memory
(equal to size of cache) b = length of block in bits
t = length of tag in bits
(a) Direct mapping

t b
L0

one block of
main memory

Lm–1
cache memory
(b) Associative mapping

Figure 4.8 Mapping From Main Memory to Cache:


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Direct and Associative

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s+w

Cache Main Memory


Memory Address Tag Data WO
Tag Line Word W1 B0
L0 W2
s–r r w W3

s–r

s
W4j
w Li
Compare W(4j+1) Bj
w
W(4j+2)
W(4j+3)
(hit in cache)
1 if match
0 if no match

Lm–1
0 if match
1 if no match
(miss in cache)

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Main memory address (binary)
Tag
(hex) Tag Line + Word Data
00 000000000000000000000000 13579246
00 000000000000000000000100

00 000000001111111111111000
00 000000001111111111111100
Line
Tag Data Number
16 000101100000000000000000 77777777 00 13579246 0000
16 000101100000000000000100 11235813 16 11235813 0001

16 000101100011001110011100 FEDCBA98 16 FEDCBA98 0CE7

FF 11223344 3FFE
16 000101101111111111111100 12345678 16 12345678 3FFF

8 bits 32 bits
FF 111111110000000000000000 16-Kline cache
FF 111111110000000000000100

FF 111111111111111111111000 11223344
FF 111111111111111111111100 24682468
Note: Memory address values are
in binary representation;
32 bits other values are in hexadecimal
16-MByte main memory

Tag Line Word


Main memory address =

8 bits 14 bits 2 bits


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Figure 4.10 Direct Mapping Example


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+ Direct Mapping Summary

• Address length = (s + w) bits


• Number of addressable units = 2s+w words or bytes
• Block size = line size = 2w words or bytes
• Number of blocks in main memory = 2s+ w/2w = 2s
• Number of lines in cache = m = 2r
• Size of tag = (s – r) bits

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+ Victim Cache

• Originally proposed as an approach to reduce the conflict


misses of direct mapped caches without affecting its fast
access time
• Fully associative cache
• Typical size is 4 to 16 cache lines
• Residing between direct mapped L1 cache and the next level
of memory

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s+w

Cache Main Memory


Memory Address Tag Data W0
Tag Word W1
W2
B0
L0
s W3

w Lj
s
W4j
W(4j+1)
Compare w Bj
W(4j+2)
W(4j+3)
(hit in cache)
1 if match
0 if no match
s
Lm–1

0 if match
1 if no match
(miss in cache)

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Figure 4.11 Fully Associative Cache Organization
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Main memory address (binary)

Tag (hex) Tag Word Data


000000 000000000000000000000000 13579246
000001 000000000000000000000100

Line
Tag Data Number
3FFFFE 11223344 0000
058CE7 FEDCBA98 0001
058CE6 000101100011001110011000
058CE7 000101100011001110011100 FEDCBA98 FEDCBA98
058CE8 000101100011001110100000
3FFFFD 33333333 3FFD
000000 13579246 3FFE
3FFFFF 24682468 3FFF

22 bits 32 bits
16 Kline Cache

3FFFFD 111111111111111111110100 33333333


3FFFFE 111111111111111111111000 11223344
3FFFFF 111111111111111111111100 24682468 Note: Memory address values are
in binary representation;
32 bits other values are in hexadecimal

16 MByte Main Memory

Tag Word
Main Memory Address =

22 bits 2 bits
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Figure 4.12 Associative Mapping Example
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+ Associative Mapping Summary

• Address length = (s + w) bits


• Number of addressable units = 2s+w words or bytes
• Block size = line size = 2w words or bytes
• Number of blocks in main memory = 2s+ w/2w = 2s
• Number of lines in cache = undetermined
• Size of tag = s bits

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+ Set Associative Mapping

• Compromise that exhibits the strengths of both the


direct and associative approaches while reducing their
disadvantages
• Cache consists of a number of sets
• Each set contains a number of lines
• A given block maps to any line in a given set
• e.g. 2 lines per set
• 2 way associative mapping
• A given block can be in one of 2 lines in only one set
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B0 L0

k lines
Lk–1
Cache memory - set 0
Bv–1
First v blocks of
main memory
(equal to number of sets)

Cache memory - set v–1

(a) v associative-mapped caches

B0 L0
one
set

v lines
Bv–1 Lv–1
First v blocks of Cache memory - way 1 Cache memory - way k
main memory
(equal to number of sets)

(b) k direct-mapped caches

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k-way Set Associative
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s+w

Cache Main Memory


Memory Address Tag Data
B0
Tag Set Word
F0
B1
s–d d w F1

Set 0

s–d Fk–1

Fk s+w
Bj

Compare Fk+i Set 1

(hit in cache) F2k–1


1 if match
0 if no match

0 if match
1 if no match
(miss in cache)

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+ Set Associative Mapping Summary
• Address length = (s + w) bits
• Number of addressable units = 2s+w words or bytes
• Block size = line size = 2w words or bytes
• Number of blocks in main memory = 2s+w/2w=2s
• Number of lines in set = k
• Number of sets = v = 2d
• Number of lines in cache = m=kv = k * 2d
• Size of cache = k * 2d+w words or bytes
• Size of tag = (s – d) bits
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Main memory address (binary)
Tag Main Memory Address =
(hex) Tag Set + Word
Data
Tag Set Word
000 000000000000000000000000 13579246
000 000000000000000000000100

9 bits 13 bits 2 bits

000 000000001111111111111000
000 000000001111111111111100
Set
Tag Data Number Tag Data
02C 000101100000000000000000 77777777 000 13579246 0000 02C 77777777
02C 000101100000000000000100 11235813 02C 11235813 0001

02C 000101100011001110011100 FEDCBA98 02C FEDCBA98 0CE7

1FF 11223344 1FFE


02C 000101100111111111111100 12345678 02C 12345678 1FFF 1FF 24682468

9 bits 32 bits 9 bits 32 bits


1FF 111111111000000000000000 16 Kline Cache
1FF 111111111000000000000100

1FF 111111111111111111111000 11223344


1FF 111111111111111111111100 24682468

32 bits
Note: Memory address values are
16 MByte Main Memory in binary representation;
other values are in hexadecimal

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1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7

Hit ratio
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k 1M
Cache size (bytes)
direct
2-way
4-way
8-way
16-way

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Figure 4.16 Varying Associativity over Cache Size
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+ Replacement Algorithms

• Once the cache has been filled, when a new block is


brought into the cache, one of the existing blocks must
be replaced
• For direct mapping there is only one possible line for any
particular block and no choice is possible
• For the associative and set-associative techniques a
replacement algorithm is needed
• To achieve high speed, an algorithm must be
implemented in hardware

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+ The most common replacement
algorithms are:
• Least recently used (LRU)
• Most effective
• Replace that block in the set that has been in the cache longest with no
reference to it
• Because of its simplicity of implementation, LRU is the most popular
replacement algorithm
• First-in-first-out (FIFO)
• Replace that block in the set that has been in the cache longest
• Easily implemented as a round-robin or circular buffer technique
• Least frequently used (LFU)
• Replace that block in the set that has experienced the fewest references
• Could be implemented by associating a counter with each line
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Write Policy

When a block that is resident in the


cache is to be replaced there are two There are two problems to contend
cases to consider: with:

If the old block in the cache has not


been altered then it may be More than one device may have
overwritten with a new block without access to main memory
first writing out the old block

A more complex problem occurs


If at least one write operation has when multiple processors are
been performed on a word in that attached to the same bus and each
line of the cache then main memory processor has its own local cache -
must be updated by writing the line if a word is altered in one cache it
of cache out to the block of memory could conceivably invalidate a word
before bringing in the new block in other caches.
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and Write Back
• Write through
• Simplest technique
• All write operations are made to main memory as well as to
the cache
• The main disadvantage of this technique is that it generates
substantial memory traffic and may create a bottleneck
• Write back
• Minimizes memory writes
• Updates are made only in the cache
• Portions of main memory are invalid and hence accesses by
I/O modules can be allowed only through the cache
• This makes for complex circuitry and a potential bottleneck
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Line Size
Two specific effects
come into play:
When a block of
data is retrieved •Larger blocks reduce
and placed in the the number of blocks
cache not only As the block that fit into a cache
the desired word size increases •As a block becomes
but also some more useful larger each
number of data are additional word is
adjacent words brought into farther from the
are retrieved the cache requested word

As the block The hit ratio will begin


size increases to decrease as the
the hit ratio will block becomes
at first increase bigger and the
because of the probability of using
principle of the newly fetched
locality information becomes
less than the
probability of reusing
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the information that
has to be replaced
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+ Multilevel Caches
• As logic density has increased it has become possible to have a
cache on the same chip as the processor
• The on-chip cache reduces the processor’s external bus activity
and speeds up execution time and increases overall system
performance
• When the requested instruction or data is found in the on-chip cache, the
bus access is eliminated
• On-chip cache accesses will complete appreciably faster than would even
zero-wait state bus cycles

During this period the bus is free to support other transfers
• Two-level cache:
• Internal cache designated as level 1 (L1)
• External cache designated as level 2 (L2)
• Potential savings due to the use of an L2 cache depends on the hit
rates in both the L1 and L2 caches
• The use of multilevel caches complicates all of the design issues
related to caches, including size, replacement algorithm, and write
policy
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0.98

0.96

0.94

0.92

0.90
L1 = 16k

Hit ratio
0.88 L1 = 8k

0.86

0.84

0.82

0.80

0.78
1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k 1M 2M

L2 Cache size (bytes)

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Figure 4.17 Total Hit Ratio (L1 and L2) for 8 Kbyte and 16 Kbyte L1

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+ Unified Versus Split Caches
• Has become common to split cache:
• One dedicated to instructions
• One dedicated to data
• Both exist at the same level, typically as two L1 caches
• Advantages of unified cache:
• Higher hit rate
• Balances load of instruction and data fetches automatically
• Only one cache needs to be designed and implemented
• Trend is toward split caches at the L1 and unified caches for
higher levels
• Advantages of split cache:
• Eliminates cache contention between instruction fetch/decode
unit and execution unit
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Processor on which
Feature First
Problem Solution Appears
Add external cache using 386
External memory slower than the system
faster memory
bus.
technology.
Move external cache on- 486
Increased processor speed results in
external bus becoming a bottleneck for chip, operating at the
same speed as the
cache access.
processor. Table 4.4
Add external L2 cache 486
Internal cache is rather small, due to
using faster technology
limited space on chip
than main memory Intel
Contention occurs when both the Create separate data and Pentium
Instruction Prefetcher and the Execution instruction caches. Cache
Unit simultaneously require access to the
cache. In that case, the Prefetcher is stalled
Evolution
while the Execution Unit’s data access
takes place.
Create separate back-side Pentium Pro
bus that runs at higher
speed than the main
Increased processor speed results in
(front-side) external bus.
external bus becoming a bottleneck for L2
The BSB is dedicated to
cache access.
the L2 cache.
Move L2 cache on to the Pentium II
processor chip.
Some applications deal with massive Add external L3 cache. Pentium III
databases and must have rapid access to
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large amounts of data. The on-chip caches Move L3 cache on-chip. Pentium 4
are too small.
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System Bus

Out-of-order L1 instruction Instruction


execution cache (12K µops) fetch/decode
logic unit
64
bits
L3 cache
(1 MB)

Integer register file FP register file

Load Store Simple Simple Complex FP/ FP


address address integer integer integer MMX move
unit unit ALU ALU ALU unit unit L2 cache
(512 KB)

L1 data cache (16 KB) 256


bits

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Table 4.5 Pentium 4 Cache Operating Modes

Control Bits Operating Mode


CD NW Cache Fills Write Throughs Invalidates
0 0 Enabled Enabled Enabled
1 0 Disabled Enabled Enabled
1 1 Disabled Disabled Disabled

Note: CD = 0; NW = 1 is an invalid combination.

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+ Summary
Cache Memory

• Computer memory system overview • Elements of cache design


• Characteristics of Memory • Cache addresses
Systems • Cache size
• Memory Hierarchy • Mapping function
• Cache memory principles • Replacement algorithms
• Pentium 4 cache organization • Write policy
• Line size
• Number of caches

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