PetaSoft Findings 1) and 2) -- Memory Hierarchy

PetaSoft Findings 1) and 2) -- Memory Hierarchy

• 1)Deep Memory Hierarchies present New Challenges to High performance Implementation of programs
  • Latency
  • Bandwidth
  • Capacity
• 2)There are two dimensions of memory hierarchy management
  • Geometric or Global Structure
  • Local (cache) hierachies seen from thread or processor centric view

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