Table 2 Comparison between different heuristics for two-level hierarchy with separated instruction and data caches for both levels.
From: A Combined Optimization Method for Tuning Two-Level Memory Hierarchy Considering Energy Consumption
Application (from Mibench suite) | Best mechanism (Instruction branch) | Best mechanism (Data branch) |
|---|---|---|
basicmath_small | TECH-CYCLES | TEMGA |
basicmath_large | TECH-CYCLES | TECH |
bitcount_small | TEMGA | TECH/TEMGA |
bitcount_large | TEMGA | TECH/TEMGA |
dijkstra_small | TEMGA | TEMGA |
dijkstra_large | TECH-CYCLES | TECH-CYCLES |
patricia_small | TECH-CYCLES | TEMGA |
patricia_large | TECH-CYCLES | TEMGA |
qsort_small | TEMGA | TEMGA |
qsort_large | TECH-CYCLES | TEMGA |
susan_small | TEMGA/TECH | TCAT/TEMGA |
susan_large | TECH | TECH/TCAT/ TEMGA |