Dynamic data scratchpad memory management for a memory subsystem with an MMU

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Cho, Hyungmin ^a   Egger, Bernhard ^a   Lee, Jaejin ^a   Shin, Heonshik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compilers; Demand paging; Horizontally partitioned memory; Post pass optimization; Scratchpad memory

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNITS; PHYSICAL ADDRESSES; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

DEMAND PAGING; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; POST PASS OPTIMIZATION; SCRATCH PAD MEMORY; SCRATCH-PAD MEMORY MANAGEMENTS; SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

CACHE MEMORY;

EID: 67650296160     PISSN: 15232867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1273444.1254804     Document Type: Article

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