Modern computing systems are overwhelmingly designed to move data to computation. This
design choice goes directly against at least three key trends in computing that cause …

As the number of on-chip cores and memory demands of applications increase, judicious
management of cache resources has become not merely attractive but imperative. Cache …

In current systems, memory accesses to a DRAM chip must obey a set of minimum latency
restrictions specified in the DRAM standard. Such timing parameters exist to guarantee …

The memory system is a fundamental performance and energy bottleneck in almost all
computing systems. Recent system design, application, and technology trends that require …

Approximate computing explores opportunities that emerge when applications can tolerate
error or inexactness. These applications, which range from multimedia processing to …

Extensive research has been carried out to improve cache replacement policies, yet
designing an efficient cache replacement policy that incurs low hardware overhead remains …

Die stacking memory technology can enable gigascale DRAM caches that can operate at 4x-
8x higher bandwidth than commodity DRAM. Such caches can improve system performance …

Achieving system fairness is a major design concern in current multicore processors.
Unfairness arises due to contention in the shared resources of the system, such as the LLC …

Data prefetching and cache replacement algorithms have been intensively studied in the
design of high performance microprocessors. Typically, the data prefetcher operates in the …

We introduce a set of new Compression-Aware Management Policies (CAMP) for on-chip
caches that employ data compression. Our management policies are based on two key …