摘要:
A prefetching scheme to detect when a load misses the lower level cache and hits the next level cache. Consequently, the prefetching scheme utilizes the previous information for the cache miss to the lower level cache and hit to the next higher level of cache memory that may result in initiating a sidedoor prefetch load for fetching the previous or next cache line into the lower level cache. In order to generate an address for the sidedoor prefetch, a history of cache access is maintained in a queue.
摘要:
A prefetching scheme to detect when a load misses the lower level cache and hits the next level cache. Consequently, the prefetching scheme utilizes the previous information for the cache miss to the lower level cache and hit to the next higher level of cache memory that may result in initiating a sidedoor prefetch load for fetching the previous or next cache line into the lower level cache. In order to generate an address for the sidedoor prefetch, a history of cache access is maintained in a queue.
摘要:
A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for efficiently caching streaming and non-streaming data is described herein. Software, such as a compiler, identifies last use streaming instructions/operations that are the last instruction/operation to access streaming data for a number of instructions or an amount of time. As a result of performing an access to a cache line for a last use instruction/operation, the cache line is updated to a streaming data no longer needed (SDN) state. When control logic is to determine a cache line to be replaced, a modified Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm is biased to select SDN state lines first to replace no longer needed streaming data.
摘要:
A system and method for generating a single compressed vector including two or more predetermined attribute values. For each of a plurality of data points such as pixels, if a first and a second attribute values of the data point are equal to a first and a second, respectively, of the two or more predetermined attribute values, the compressed vector is used to operate on the data point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
A computer processor includes a decoder for decoding machine instructions and an execution unit for executing those instructions. The decoder and the execution unit are capable of decoding and executing vector instructions that include one or more format conversion indicators. For instance, the processor may be capable of executing a vector-load-convert-and-write (VLoadConWr) instruction that provides for loading data from memory to a vector register. The VLoadConWr instruction may include a format conversion indicator to indicate that the data from memory should be converted from a first format to a second format before the data is loaded into the vector register. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
A computer processor includes a decoder for decoding machine instructions and an execution unit for executing those instructions. The decoder and the execution unit are capable of decoding and executing vector instructions that include one or more format conversion indicators. For instance, the processor may be capable of executing a vector-load-convert-and-write (VLoadConWr) instruction that provides for loading data from memory to a vector register. The VLoadConWr instruction may include a format conversion indicator to indicate that the data from memory should be converted from a first format to a second format before the data is loaded into the vector register. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for efficiently caching streaming and non-streaming data is described herein. Software, such as a compiler, identifies last use streaming instructions/operations that are the last instruction/operation to access streaming data for a number of instructions or an amount of time. As a result of performing an access to a cache line for a last use instruction/operation, the cache line is updated to a streaming data no longer needed (SDN) state. When control logic is to determine a cache line to be replaced, a modified Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm is biased to select SDN state lines first to replace no longer needed streaming data.
摘要:
A computer processor includes a decoder for decoding machine instructions and an execution unit for executing those instructions. The decoder and the execution unit are capable of decoding and executing vector instructions that include one or more format conversion indicators. For instance, the processor may be capable of executing a vector-load-convert-and-write (VLoadConWr) instruction that provides for loading data from memory to a vector register. The VLoadConWr instruction may include a format conversion indicator to indicate that the data from memory should be converted from a first format to a second format before the data is loaded into the vector register. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
A device, system and method for assigning values to elements in a first register, where each data field in a first register corresponds to a data element to be written into a second register, and where for each data field in the first register, a first value may indicate that the corresponding data element has not been written into the second register and a second value indicates that the corresponding data element has been written into the second register, reading the values of each of the data fields in the first register, and for each data field in the first register having the first value, gathering the corresponding data element and writing the corresponding data element into the second register, and changing the value of the data field in the first register from the first value to the second value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.