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Summary: I
Contents
List of Figures III
List of Tables V
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1
2 Cache Review and Modeling Power Consumption ............................................... 5
2.1 Cache Review ................................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Review of Cache Organization ............................................................. 6
2.1.2 Review of Cache Operation .................................................................. 8
2.1.2.1 Cache Read Access ................................................................ 8
2.1.2.2 Cache Refill Access ............................................................... 9
2.1.2.3 Cache Invalidate ..................................................................... 9
2.2 Development of Cache Power Consumption Model ......................................... 9
2.2.1 Characterization of Energy Consumption Model ............................... 10
2.2.1.1 Decoding Path ...................................................................... 11
2.2.1.2 Wordline ............................................................................... 15
2.2.1.3 Bitline ................................................................................... 15
2.2.1.4 Input / Output Lines ............................................................. 16
2.2.2 Energy Consumption Model in Direct-mapped Cache ....................... 16
2.2.3 Energy Dissipation in T0 I-cache ...................................................... 18
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