The Fractal Structure of Data Reference: Applications to the Memory Hierarchy

by Bruce McNutt

The architectural concept of a memory hierarchy has been immensely successful, making possible today's spectacular pace of technology evolution in both the volume of data and the speed of data access. Its success is difficult to understand, however, when examined within the traditional "memoryless" framework of performance analysis. The memoryless' framework cannot properly reflect a memory hierarchy's ability to take advantage of patterns of data...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792379454
• ISBN13: 9780792379454
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"