by Yuan Xie on Oct 27, 2017 | Tags: Cache, Emerging Technology, Hardware, Memory, Persistent, Storage
Memory architecture is a key component of modern computer systems. Memory hierarchy importance increases with the advances in microprocessor performance. Traditional memory hierarchy design consists of embedded memory (such as SRAM and embedded DRAM) for on-chip...
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by Reetuparna Das on May 8, 2017 | Tags: Accelerators, Cache, Memory, Near Data Computing, Specialization
Computer designers have traditionally separated the role of storage and computation. Memories stored data. Processors computed them. Is this distinction necessary? A human brain doesn’t separate the two so distinctly, so why should a computer? Before I address this...
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