By
Jim Handy
Description
The Second Edition of
The Cache Memory Book introduces systems designers to the concepts behind cache design. The book
teaches the basic cache concepts and more exotic techniques. It leads readers through someof the most intricate protocols used in complex
multiprocessor caches. Written in an accessible, informal style, this text demystifies cache memory design by translating cache concepts
and jargon into practical methodologies and real-life examples. It also provides adequate detail to serve as a reference book for ongoing
work in cache memory design.
The Second Edition includes an updated and expanded glossary of cache memory terms and buzzwords. The book
provides new real world applications of cache memory design and a new chapter on cache"tricks".
Audience:
Practitioners in the field of computer design, including system design engineers and memory design specialists. Also intended as a supplementary
textbook for graduate level computer architecture courses.
