ComputerOrganizationDesign计算机组成与设计.pptVIP

Cache Cache Terminology Block – Minimum unit of information transfer between levels of the hierarchy Block addressing varies by technology at each level Blocks are moved one level at a time Hit – Data appears in a block in lower numbered level Hit rate – Percent of accesses found Hit time – Time to access at lower nuumbered level Hit time = Cache access time + Time to determine hit/miss Miss – Data was not in lower numbered level and had to be fetched from a higher numbered level Miss rate – Percent of misses (1 – Hit rate) Miss penalty – Overhead in getting data from a higher numbered level M