タイトル | Analyzing Contents of a Computer Cache |
本文(外部サイト) | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110020525 |
著者(英) | Callum, Leslie; Beahan, John; Khanoyan, Garen; Some, Raphael |
著者所属(英) | California Inst. of Tech. |
発行日 | 2004-09-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | The Cache Contents Estimator (CCE) is a computer program that provides information on the contents of level-1 cache of a PowerPC computer. The CCE is configurable to enable simulation of any processor in the PowerPC family. The need for CCE arises because the contents of level-1 caches are not available to either hardware or software readout mechanisms, yet information on the contents is crucial in the development of fault-tolerant or highly available computing systems and for realistic modeling and prediction of computing- system performance. The CCE comprises two independent subprograms: (1) the Dynamic Application Address eXtractor (DAAX), which extracts the stream of address references from an application program undergoing execution and (2) the Cache Simulator (CacheSim), which models the level-1 cache of the processor to be analyzed, by mimicking what the cache controller would do, in response to the address stream from DAAX. CacheSim generates a running estimate of the contents of the data and the instruction subcaches of the level-1 cache, hit/miss ratios, the percentage of cache that contains valid or active data, and time-stamped histograms of the cache content. |
NASA分類 | Man/System Technology and Life Support |
レポートNO | NPO-30669 |
権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/268816 |
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