DocumentCode
999127
Title
Sequential Program Prefetching in Memory Hierarchies
Author
Smith, Alan Jay
Author_Institution
University of California
Volume
11
Issue
12
fYear
1978
Firstpage
7
Lastpage
21
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/C-M.1978.218016
Filename
1646791
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