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From: viggy@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Viggy Mokkarala)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cache Evaluation Benchmarks.
Message-ID: <6310003@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Dec 87 18:01:06 GMT
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>I am looking for some programs,
>benchmarks used to evaluate cache performance rather than CPU performance.

>Rajiv.
>(rajiv@im4u.utexas.edu)

Try the following papers:

1.  Cache Memories by Alan Jay Smith, Computing Surveys, Vol. 14, No. 3,
    September 1982.  You may find that this paper does not talk of very
    large caches like the ones you can expect to find today.  However,
    it is an excellent paper to give you a good idea of the trends in
    performance as a function of the various cache parameters.

2.  Mark Hill's PhD thesis, or recent papers of his.  Mark Hill did
    similar work at UC, Berkeley.  His work involves the study of very
    large caches.  I do not have any accurate references, unfortunately.

Good luck!

Viggy Mokkarala
(hpda!viggy)