Abstract:
Processing-in-memory (PIM) architectures cannot use traditional approaches to cache coherence due to the high off-chip traffic consumed by coherence messages. We propose ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Processing-in-memory (PIM) architectures cannot use traditional approaches to cache coherence due to the high off-chip traffic consumed by coherence messages. We propose LazyPIM, a new hardware cache coherence mechanism designed specifically for PIM. LazyPIM uses a combination of speculative cache coherence and compressed coherence signatures to greatly reduce the overhead of keeping PIM coherent with the processor. We find that LazyPIM improves average performance across a range of PIM applications by 49.1 percent over the best prior approach, coming within 5.5 percent of an ideal PIM mechanism.
Published in: IEEE Computer Architecture Letters ( Volume: 16, Issue: 1, 01 Jan.-June 2017)