15-213/18-243 Introduction to Computer Systems
Lecture 23: Program Optimization III: Cache Memories

• Reading: Ch 6.2-6.8;
• Slides:
• 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
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