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Computer memory management instruction
computing, a cache control instruction is a hint embedded in the instruction stream of a processor intended to improve the performance of hardware caches, using
Cache_control_instruction
Computer processing technique to boost memory performance
accessing cache memories is typically much faster than accessing main memory. Prefetching can be done with non-blocking cache control instructions. Prefetching
Cache_prefetching
Hardware cache of a central processing unit
different cache levels. Branch predictor Cache (computing) Cache algorithms Cache coherence Cache control instructions Cache hierarchy Cache placement
CPU_cache
process of pre-loading instructions or data into a cache ahead of time, either under manual control via prefetch instructions or automatically by a prefetch
Glossary of computer hardware terms
Glossary_of_computer_hardware_terms
List of x86 microprocessor instructions
exception. For CLDEMOTE, the cache level that it will demote a cache line to is implementation-dependent. Since the instruction is considered a hint, it will
List_of_x86_instructions
High-speed internal memory for storage
locking or scratchpads through the use of cache control instructions. Marking an area of memory with "Data Cache Block: Zero" (allocating a line but setting
Scratchpad_memory
Instructions directly executable by a computer
the code may also be cached in more specialized memory to enhance performance. There may be different caches for instructions and data, depending on
Machine_code
Central computer component that executes instructions
other components. Modern CPUs devote a lot of semiconductor area to caches and instruction-level parallelism to increase performance and to CPU modes to support
Central_processing_unit
Model that describes the programmable interface of a computer processor
handle than variable-length instructions for several reasons (not having to check whether an instruction straddles a cache line or virtual memory page
Instruction_set_architecture
Instruction for x86 microprocessors
set-associativity and a cache-line size of 16 bytes. Descriptor 76h is listed as an 1 MiB L2 cache in rev 37 of Intel AP-485, but as an instruction TLB in rev 38
CPUID
Algorithm for caching data
In computing, cache replacement policies (also known as cache replacement algorithms or cache algorithms) are optimizing instructions or algorithms which
Cache_replacement_policies
architecture, a trace cache or execution trace cache is a specialized instruction cache which stores the dynamic stream of instructions known as trace. It
Trace_cache
Component of a computer's CPU
processor. A CU typically uses a binary decoder to convert coded instructions into timing and control signals that direct the operation of the other units (memory
Control_unit
Component of computer engineering
in the cache at that point. Out-of-order execution allows that ready instruction to be processed while an older instruction waits on the cache, then re-orders
Microarchitecture
Performance degration due to memory access patterns
that only high-reuse data are stored in cache. This can be achieved by using special cache control instructions, operating system support or hardware support
Cache_pollution
Processor design concept
cache article for more details about virtual addressing as it pertains to caches and TLBs. The CPU has to access main memory for an instruction-cache
Translation_lookaside_buffer
2012 64-bit mainframe microprocessor by IBM
private 64 KB L1 instruction cache, a private 96 KB L1 data cache, a private 1 MB L2 cache instruction cache, and a private 1 MB L2 data cache. In addition
IBM_zEC12
1997 Intel MMX (instruction set) support Socket 7 296/321 pin PGA (pin grid array) package 16 KB L1 instruction cache 16 KB data cache 4.5 million transistors
List_of_Intel_processors
Instruction set architecture by Hitachi
memory and processor cache efficiency. Later versions of the design, starting with SH-5, included both 16- and 32-bit instructions, with the 16-bit versions
SuperH
Ability of computer instructions to be executed simultaneously with correct results
memory dependence prediction, and cache latency prediction. Branch prediction, which is used to avoid stalling for control dependencies to be resolved. Branch
Instruction-level_parallelism
Computer component
features are added, such as instruction pipelining, out-of-order execution, and even just the introduction of a simple instruction cache. Branch prediction and
Instruction_unit
Additional storage that enables faster access to main storage
increasingly general caches, including instruction caches for shaders, exhibiting functionality commonly found in CPU caches. These caches have grown to handle
Cache_(computing)
Sixth-generation x86 microprocessor by Intel
an 8 KB instruction cache, from which up to 16 bytes are fetched on each cycle and sent to the instruction decoders. There are three instruction decoders
Pentium_Pro
Computer architecture where code and data share a common bus
program instructions, but have caches between the CPU and memory, and, for the caches closest to the CPU, have separate caches for instructions and data
Von_Neumann_architecture
Type of parallel processing
designs include SIMD instructions to improve the performance of multimedia use. In recent CPUs, SIMD units are tightly coupled with cache hierarchies and prefetch
Single instruction, multiple data
Single_instruction,_multiple_data
Multi-chip CPU by IBM implementing the POWER instruction set architecture
of an instruction-cache unit (ICU), a fixed-point unit (FXU), a floating point unit (FPU), a number of data-cache units (DCU), a storage-control unit (SCU)
POWER1
32-bit RISC-like computing architecture
unit, and two cache and memory management units (CAMMUs), one responsible for data and one for instructions. The CAMMUs contained caches, translation lookaside
Clipper_architecture
Part of a computer processor
instruction cache latency grows longer and the fetch width grows wider, branch target extraction becomes a bottleneck. The recurrence is: Instruction
Branch_target_predictor
Instruction pipeline
instruction fetch has a latency of one clock cycle (if using single-cycle SRAM or if the instruction was in the cache). Thus, during the Instruction Fetch
Classic_RISC_pipeline
2010 64-bit mainframe microprocessor by IBM
private 64 KB L1 instruction cache, a private 128 KB L1 data cache and a private 1.5 MB L2 cache. In addition, there is a 24 MB shared L3 cache implemented
IBM_z196
Register that stores where in a program a processor is executing
redirect targets Instruction cache – Hardware cache of a central processing unitPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Instruction cycle – Basic
Program_counter
2020 AMD 7-nanometer processor microarchitecture
in instructions per clock The base core chiplet has a single eight-core complex (versus two four-core complexes in Zen 2) A unified 32MB L3 cache pool
Zen_3
Method of improving instruction-level parallelism
program is to modify its own upcoming instructions. If the processor has an instruction cache, the original instruction may already have been copied into
Instruction_pipelining
Instruction set architecture
(multiply-add) instructions, previously available in some implementations, were added to the MIPS32 and MIPS64 specifications, as were cache control instructions. For
MIPS_architecture
Parallel computing execution model
instruction, multiple threads (SIMT) is an execution model used in parallel computing where a single central "control unit" broadcasts an instruction
Single instruction, multiple threads
Single_instruction,_multiple_threads
Processor with instructions capable of multi-step operations
may limit the instruction-level parallelism that can be extracted from the code, although this is strongly mediated by the fast cache structures used
Complex instruction set computer
Complex_instruction_set_computer
Computer architecture treating code and data similarly, though not usually identically
computer, in which both instructions and data are stored in the same memory system and (without the complexity of a CPU cache) must be accessed in turn
Modified_Harvard_architecture
Number of machine code instructions required to execute a section of a computer program
in cache (even the same instruction in another round in a loop). Since there is, typically, a one-to-one relationship between assembly instructions and
Instruction_path_length
Microprocessor developed by Hewlett-Packard
on-die instruction cache with a 1 KB capacity and a large external 8 KB to 2 MB cache. The external cache is unified, containing both instructions and data
PA-7100LC
2-D grid of wires where data is represented by the presence or absence of diodes at nodes
the control store per instruction fetch, leading to what is now called complex instruction set computing. Later techniques for fast instruction cache sped
Diode_matrix
RISC microprocessor
cache is split into separate caches for instructions and data ("modified Harvard architecture"), the I-cache and D-cache, respectively. Both caches have
Alpha_21264
Microprocessor instruction set architecture
Level 1 instruction cache and 16 KB of Level 1 data cache. The L2 cache was unified (both instruction and data) and is 256 KB. The Level 3 cache was also
IA-64
Instruction set architecture
of the cache. A speculative load instruction is used to speculatively load data before it is known whether it will be used (bypassing control dependencies)
Explicitly parallel instruction computing
Explicitly_parallel_instruction_computing
Microprocessor core
32 KB data cache and a 32 KB instruction cache. First- and second-generation XScale multi-core processors also have a 2 KB mini data cache (claimed to
XScale
Group of 32-bit RISC processor cores
CPU cache: 0 to 64 KB instruction-cache, 0 to 64 KB data-cache, each with optional ECC. Optional Tightly-Coupled Memory (TCM): 0 to 16 MB instruction-TCM
ARM_Cortex-M
Ability of a CPU to provide multiple threads of execution concurrently
which is a load instruction that misses in all caches. Cycle i + 3: thread scheduler invoked, switches to thread B. Cycle i + 4: instruction k from thread
Multithreading (computer architecture)
Multithreading_(computer_architecture)
Instruction set extension by Intel
prefetch means prefetching into level 1 cache and T1 means prefetching into level 2 cache. The two sets of instructions perform multiple iterations of processing
AVX-512
Low-level instructions used in some designs to implement complex machine instructions
under control of the CPU's control unit, which decides on their execution while performing various optimizations such as reordering, fusion and caching. Various
Micro-operation
132 MB/s One arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) One shifter CPU cache RAM: 4 KB instruction cache 1 KB data cache configured as a scratchpad Geometry Transformation
PlayStation technical specifications
PlayStation_technical_specifications
Canceled Intel GPGPU chip
or more, or fewer than 16 cores. It included explicit cache control instructions to reduce cache thrashing during streaming operations which only read/write
Larrabee_(microarchitecture)
2022 AMD 5-nanometer processor microarchitecture
The OP cache is now able to produce up to 9 macro-OPs per cycle (up from 6). Re-order buffer (ROB) is increased by 25%, to 320 instructions. Integer
Zen_4
Former American manufacturer of supercomputers
separate bus for instructions and memory was used. Each node board contained 256 KB of I-cache and D-cache, essentially primary cache. At each node was
Kendall_Square_Research
Family of x86 central processing units for personal computers
loading of a special 64-line cache before loading the L2 cache and a direct load to the L1 cache. Fetches four x86 instructions per cycle as opposed to Intel's
VIA_Nano
Source code that alters its instructions to the hardware while executing
code can involve overwriting existing instructions or generating new code at run time and transferring control to that code. Self-modification can be
Self-modifying_code
Microprocessor family
interface and system control functions, in addition to the processor. Implemented with 8KB direct-mapped instruction- and data-cache. Complete system-on-chip
EnCore_Processor
Successor to the Intel 386
instructions listing. The i486's performance architecture is a vast improvement over the i386. It has an on-chip unified instruction and data cache,
I486
Microprocessor design by Intel
executing in dual-instruction mode, the instruction cache is accessed as VLIW instructions consisting of a 32-bit "core" instruction paired with a 32-bit
Intel_i860
Computer instruction set architecture
elements in one instruction. Power ISA has support for Harvard cache, i.e. split data and instruction caches, and support for unified caches. Memory operations
Power_ISA
Method of CPU communication
does not include cache-flushing instructions after each write in the sequence may see unintended IO effects if a cache system optimizes the write order
Memory-mapped I/O and port-mapped I/O
Memory-mapped_I/O_and_port-mapped_I/O
Optimization replacing a function call with that function's source code
inlining will hurt speed, due to inlined code consuming too much of the instruction cache, and also cost significant space. A survey of the modest academic
Inline_expansion
Intel SIMD processor supplementary instruction sets introduced by Intel
the SSE instruction set by adding support for the double precision data type. Other SSE2 extensions include a set of cache control instructions intended
SSE2
RISC microprocessor
with their LR33000 for embedded control applications, with a 50Mz processor, 8K instruction cache and 1K data cache, including an LR33000 Pocket Rocket
R3000
Microprocessor security vulnerability
memory access and privilege checking during instruction processing. Additionally, combined with a cache side-channel attack, this vulnerability allows
Meltdown (security vulnerability)
Meltdown_(security_vulnerability)
Type of computer
resources to track instructions ("issue stations"). This might be compensated by savings in instruction cache and memory and instruction decoding circuits
Stack_machine
CPU Instruction
utilizing the MESI cache coherency protocol, the cache line being loaded is moved to the Shared state, whereas a test-and-set instruction or a load-exclusive
Test_and_test-and-set
architectural state include: Main Memory (Primary storage) Control registers Instruction flag registers (such as EFLAGS in x86) Interrupt mask registers
Architectural_state
1993 family of microprocessors by IBM
point unit and floating point unit, a larger 32 KB instruction cache, and a larger 128 or 256 KB data cache. The POWER2 was a multi-chip design consisting
POWER2
Compiler that optimizes generated code
involves some overhead related to parameter passing and flushing the instruction cache. Tail-recursive algorithms can be converted to iteration through a
Optimizing_compiler
RISC-based microprocessor design
1988 as well. It contains 32 32-bit registers, a 512 byte instruction cache, a stack frame cache, a high speed 32-bit multiplexed burst bus, and an interrupt
Intel_i960
Processor security vulnerability
whether the load instruction executed. The attacker determines if the load instruction in a Pacman gadget was executed by filling the cache with data, calling
Pacman (security vulnerability)
Pacman_(security_vulnerability)
Programming abstraction
memory). Texture cache. (for aggregating bandwidth from texture memory). Schedulers for warps. (these are for issuing instructions to warps based on
Thread block (CUDA programming)
Thread_block_(CUDA_programming)
Tool for modeling the design and behavior of a microprocessor
behavior of a microprocessor and its components, such as the ALU, cache memory, control unit, and data path, among others. The simulation allows researchers
Microarchitecture_simulation
Form of conditionals in computer programming
the instruction to control whether the instruction is allowed to modify the architectural state or not. If the predicate specified in the instruction is
Predication (computer architecture)
Predication_(computer_architecture)
Rules that guarantee predictable computer memory operation
system, a cache-coherence protocol provides the cache consistency while caches are generally controlled by clients. In many approaches, cache consistency
Consistency_model
Central processing unit by Sony Computer Entertainment and Toshiba
with instructions and data, there is a 16 KB two-way set associative instruction cache, an 8 KB two-way set associative non blocking data cache and a
Emotion_Engine
Measure of a computer's processing speed
represented "peak" execution rates on artificial instruction sequences with few branches and no cache contention, whereas realistic workloads typically
Instructions_per_second
Microcode in x86 Intel processors
implementation of simultaneous multithreading, the microcode ROM, trace cache, and instruction decoders are shared, but the micro-operation queue is not shared
Intel_microcode
SIMD instruction set extension for the PowerPC ISA
four 32-bit floating-point variables. Both provide cache-control instructions intended to minimize cache pollution when working on streams of data. They
AltiVec
Cyrix x86 microprocessor
The 486DLC can be described as a 386DX with the 486 instruction set and 1 KB of on-board L1 cache added. Because it uses the 386DX bus (unlike its 16-bit
Cyrix_Cx486DLC
eliminate or hide them using a variety of techniques: CPU caches, instruction pipelines, instruction prefetch, branch prediction, simultaneous multithreading
Wait_state
Microprocessor chipset
R8000 controlled the chip set and executed integer instructions. It contained the integer execution units, integer register file, primary caches and hardware
R8000
2008 64-bit mainframe microprocessor by IBM
KB L1 instruction cache, a 128 KB L1 data cache and a 3 MB L2 cache (called the L1.5 cache by IBM). Finally, there is a 24 MB shared L3 cache (referred
IBM_z10
Single computer bus that connects the major components of a computer system
system memory and I/O devices, and the internal back-side bus to the L2 CPU cache. This was introduced in the Pentium Pro in 1995. In 2005 and 2006 Intel
System_bus
GPU microarchitecture designed by Nvidia
combined L1 cache, texture cache, and shared memory to 256 KB. Like its predecessors, it combines L1 and texture caches into a unified cache designed to
Hopper_(microarchitecture)
MIPS microprocessor
unified cache or as a split instruction and data cache. In the latter configuration, each cache can have a capacity of 128 KB to 2 MB. The secondary cache is
R4000
Microprocessor chipset
first VAX microprocessor to have internal caches, a 1 KB combined instruction and data stream cache. The cache is quite unusual as it is implemented with
CVAX
Instruction set
of 10 discrete chips - an instruction cache chip, fixed-point chip, floating-point chip, 4 data cache chips, storage control chip, input/output chips,
IBM_POWER_architecture
Series of microprocessors from IBM
of 10 discrete chips: an instruction cache chip, fixed-point chip, floating-point chip, 4 data L1 cache chips, storage control chip, input/output chips
IBM_Power_microprocessors
Instruction set architecture extension
Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (TSX-NI), is an extension to the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) that adds hardware transactional
Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Transactional_Synchronization_Extensions
X86-compatible system-on-a-chip
improves on the SX with a 4-way 16 KB Data + 16 KB Instruction L1 cache, adds a 4-way 256 KB L2 cache, in write-through or write-back mode, and an FPU.
Vortex86
Program whose source code consists entirely of calls to functions
avoiding cache thrashing. However, threaded code consumes both instruction cache (for the implementation of each operation) as well as data cache (for the
Threaded_code
2001 family of microprocessors by IBM
either the data cache or instruction cache in either of the two processors. The Non-Cacheable (NC) Unit is responsible for handling instruction serializing
POWER4
time). However, this does not mean that the instruction set could be modified arbitrarily since the instruction decoder was included in the circuitry of
K1839
Microprocessor
control unit; it fetches, decodes, and issues instructions and controls the pipeline. During stage one, two instructions are fetched from the I-cache
Alpha_21064
analysis technique. It is an abbreviated instruction trace in which only the successful branch instructions are recorded. On IBM System/360 this was implemented
Branch_trace
Microprocessor designed by Fujitsu
superspeculation, an L1 instruction trace cache, a small but very fast 8 KB L1 data cache, and separate L2 caches for instructions and data. It was designed
SPARC64_V
Quickly accessible working storage available as part of a digital processor
(RAM) as main memory, with the latter usually accessed via one or more cache levels. Processor registers are normally at the top of the memory hierarchy
Processor_register
Family of RISC-based computer architectures
as arm) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops the instruction set architecture and licenses
ARM_architecture_family
PAE mode. The Efficeon has a 128 KB L1 instruction cache, a 64 KB L1 data cache and a 1 MB L2 cache. All caches are on die. Additionally, the Efficeon
Transmeta_Efficeon
Microprocessor developed by MIPS Computer Systems
all non-floating-point instructions with a simple short pipeline. This chip also controlled the external code and data caches, made of fast standard SRAM
R2000_microprocessor
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