Lec 4

CACHING 2

CACHE COHERENCE PROBLEM

HARDWARE CACHE COHERENCE USING SNOOPING

MSI: SIMPLE COHERENCE PROTOCOL FOR WRITE BACK CACHES

SOFTWARE-MANAGED MEMORY

LOCAL STORES IN THE WILD

CACHE VIS-À-VIS LOCAL STORE

LOCAL STORES: AMAT

LOCAL STORES: OPERATION

STREAM PROGRAMMING

LOCAL STORES: PROS AND CONS

EVERYTHING IS A CACHE FOR SOMETHING ELSE

EXAMPLE: FILE CACHE

EXAMPLE: BROWSER CACHE

CACHING IS A UBIQUITOUS TOOL