Abstract:
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a cache pre-fetcher, and a pre-fetch scheduler. The cache pre-fetcher may be configured to predict, based at least in part upon a virtual address, data to be retrieved from a memory system. The pre-fetch scheduler may be configured to convert the virtual address of the data to a physical address of the data, and request the data from one of a plurality of levels of the memory system. The memory system may include a plurality of levels, each level of the memory system configured to store data.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes a system, comprising: a cache configured to store a plurality of cache lines, each cache line associated with a priority state from among N priority states; and a controller coupled to the cache and configured to: search the cache lines for a cache line with a lowest priority state of the priority states to use as a victim cache line; if the cache line with the lowest priority state is not found, reduce the priority state of at least one of the cache lines; and select a random cache line of the cache lines as the victim cache line if, after performing each of the searching of the cache lines and the reducing of the priority state of at least one cache line K times, the cache line with the lowest priority state is not found. N is an integer greater than or equal to 3; and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N−2.
Abstract:
An electronic system includes: a storage unit configured to store a data array; a control unit configured to: determine availability of the data array; reorder access to the data array; and provide access to the data array.