Computer architecture simulation tools are essential for implementing and evaluating new
ideas in the domain and can be useful for understanding the behavior of programs and …

In a multicore system, effective management of shared last level cache (LLC), such as
hardware/software cache partitioning, has attracted significant research attention. Some …

The working set model for program behavior was invented in 1965. It has stood the test of
time in virtual memory management for over 50 years. It is considered the ideal for …

Compilers often use performance models to decide how to optimize code. This is often
preferred over using hardware performance measurements, since hardware measurements …

Data movement limits program performance. This bottleneck is more significant in multi-
thread programs but more difficult to analyze, especially for multiple thread counts. For …

Locality analysis is important since accessing memory is much slower than computing.
Compile-time locality analysis can provide detailed program-level feedback for compilers or …

In many areas of program and system analysis and optimization, locality is a common
concept and has been defined and measured in many ways. This article aims to formally …

Lease caching is a new technique that provides greater control of the cache than what is
allowed in conventional caches. The simplest control is uniform lease (UL), which means …

Footprint and reuse distance measure temporal locality and therefore do not capture the
significance of access patterns (spacial locality). A strided access pattern has the largest …

This paper describes a new, multi-locality benchmark program for testing memory access
latency and using it to study recent AMD machines equipped with 3D vertical cache (V …