We present an educational software package (Csim) used as a teaching tool to analyze the structure and behavior of a cache memory and to help the student in the design of cache memories for embedded systems. By means of an integrated software development environment, the user can create a program and explore its behavior (locality analysis). The student can observe the cache actions needed for a memory operation and evaluate the cache performance as a function of the configuration parameters. Finally, the parametric-evaluation graphical tools help in the actual design of an embedded system, in order to find the cache and memory configuration which provides the best balance between cost and performance.
Giorgi, R., G., P., C. A., P. (1997). An Educational Environment for Program Behavior Analysis and Cache Memory Design. In Proceedings of International Conference on Frontiers in Education (pp.1243-1248).
An Educational Environment for Program Behavior Analysis and Cache Memory Design
GIORGI, ROBERTO;
1997-01-01
Abstract
We present an educational software package (Csim) used as a teaching tool to analyze the structure and behavior of a cache memory and to help the student in the design of cache memories for embedded systems. By means of an integrated software development environment, the user can create a program and explore its behavior (locality analysis). The student can observe the cache actions needed for a memory operation and evaluate the cache performance as a function of the configuration parameters. Finally, the parametric-evaluation graphical tools help in the actual design of an embedded system, in order to find the cache and memory configuration which provides the best balance between cost and performance.
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