A Case for Direct-Mapped Caches

  • Authors:
  • Mark D. Hill

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

Direct-mapped caches are defined, and it is shown that trends toward larger cache sizes and faster hit times favor their use. The arguments are restricted initially to single-level caches in uniprocessors. They are then extended to two-level cache hierarchies. How and when these arguments for caches in uniprocessors apply to caches in multiprocessors are also discussed.