15-213/18-243 Introduction to Computer Systems
Lecture 12: Cache Memories

• Reading: Ch 6.2-6.8;
• Slides: 12-caches-opt
• Code: none
• Concepts:
  • Memory hierarchy and caching
  • Temporal and spatial locality
  • Cache hit and miss
  • Types of cache misses
  • Cache organization
  • Associativity
  • Program optimization for cache
• Previous lecture: Program Optimization II: Out-of-Order Processing
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