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Application-Specific Memory Subsystems, Joseph George Wingbermuehle
Application-Specific Memory Subsystems, Joseph George Wingbermuehle
McKelvey School of Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The disparity in performance between processors and main memories has
led computer architects to incorporate large cache hierarchies in
modern computers. These cache hierarchies are designed to be
general-purpose in that they strive to provide the best possible
performance across a wide range of applications. However, such a memory
subsystem does not necessarily provide the best possible performance for
a particular application.
Although general-purpose memory subsystems are desirable when the
work-load is unknown and the memory subsystem must remain fixed,
when this is not the case a custom memory subsystem may be beneficial.
For example, in an application-specific integrated circuit …