Book (Jacob2008) Bruce Jacob; Spencer W. Ng; David T. Wang & Samuel Rodriguez Memory Systems --- Cache, DRAM, Disk Elsevier, 2008 Abstract: Overview On Memory Systems and Their Design ................................. 1 Ov.1 Memory Systems ..........................................................................................2 Ov.1.1 Locality of Reference Breeds the Memory Hierarchy ......................................... 2 Ov.1.2 Important Figures of Merit ................................................................................. 7 Ov.1.3 The Goal of a Memory Hierarchy ..................................................................... 10 Ov.2 Four Anecdotes on Modular Design .......................................................... 14 Ov.2.1 Anecdote I: Systemic Behaviors Exist ............................................................... 15 Ov.2.2 Anecdote II: The DLL in DDR SDRAM ............................................................. 17 Ov.2.3 Anecdote III: A Catch-22 in the Search for Bandwidth ................................... 18 Ov.2.4 Anecdote IV: Proposals to Exploit Variability in Cell Leakage ........................ 19 Ov.2.5 Perspective ......................................................................................................... 19 Ov.3 Cross-Cutting Issues ..................................................................................20 Ov.3.1 Cost/Performance Analysis ............................................................................... 20 Ov.3.2 Power and Energy ............................................................................................. 26 Ov.3.3 Reliability .......................................................................................................... 32 Ov.3.4 Virtual Memory ................................................................................................. 34 Ov.4 An Example Holistic Analysis ..............................................................