Compiler-assisted preferred caching for embedded systems with STT-RAM based hybrid cache

Q Li, M Zhao, CJ Xue, Y He - Proceedings of the 13th ACM SIGPLAN …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
As technology scales down, energy consumption is becoming a big problem for traditional
SRAM-based cache hierarchies. The emerging Spin-Torque Transfer RAM (STT-RAM) is a …

Compiler-assisted STT-RAM-based hybrid cache for energy efficient embedded systems

Q Li, J Li, L Shi, M Zhao, CJ Xue… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hybrid caches consisting of static RAM (SRAM) and spin-torque transfer (STT)-RAM have
been proposed recently for energy efficiency. To explore the advantages of hybrid cache …

Migration-aware loop retiming for STT-RAM-based hybrid cache in embedded systems

K Qiu, M Zhao, Q Li, C Fu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently hybrid cache architecture consisting of both spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM)
and SRAM has been proposed for energy efficiency. In hybrid caches, migration-based …

Compiler-assisted refresh minimization for volatile STT-RAM cache

Q Li, Y He, J Li, L Shi, Y Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) has been proposed to build on-chip caches because
of its attractive features such as high storage density and ultra low leakage power. However …

Prediction hybrid cache: An energy-efficient STT-RAM cache architecture

J Ahn, S Yoo, K Choi - IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) has emerged as an energy-efficient and high-density
alternative to SRAM for large on-chip caches. However, its high write energy has been …

HALLS: An energy-efficient highly adaptable last level STT-RAM cache for multicore systems

K Kuan, T Adegbija - IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-Transfer Torque RAM (STT-RAM) is widely considered a promising alternative to
SRAM in the memory hierarchy due to STT-RAM's non-volatility, low leakage power, high …

Architecture and data migration methodology for L1 cache design with hybrid SRAM and volatile STT-RAM configuration

WK Cheng, YH Ciou, PY Shen - Microprocessors and Microsystems, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Spin-Transfer Torque RAM (STT-RAM) has the advantages of circuit density and
ignorable leakage power. However, it suffers from the bad write latency and poor write …

Mirrorcache: An energy-efficient relaxed retention l1 sttram cache

K Kuan, T Adegbija - Proceedings of the 2019 on Great Lakes …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Spin-Transfer Torque RAM (STTRAM) is a promising alternative to SRAMs in on-chip
caches, due to several advantages, including non-volatility, low leakage, high integration …

Low-energy volatile STT-RAM cache design using cache-coherence-enabled adaptive refresh

J Li, L Shi, Q Li, CJ Xue, Y Chen, Y Xu… - ACM Transactions on …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Spin-Torque Transfer RAM (STT-RAM) is a promising candidate for SRAM replacement
because of its excellent features, such as fast read access, high density, low leakage power …

Energy-efficient runtime adaptable L1 STT-RAM cache design

K Kuan, T Adegbija - … on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Much research has shown that applications have variable runtime cache requirements. In
the context of the increasingly popular spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) cache, the …