These are exciting times for the memory hierarchy in systems. New kinds of DRAM and non-volatile memories are becoming available to system architects to enhance the performance and responsiveness of ...

The memory and storage hierarchy is a useful way of thinking about computer systems, and the dizzying array of memory options available to the system designer. Many different parameters characterize ...

This section describes three topics discussed in other chapters that are fundamental to memory hierarchies. Protection and Instruction Set Architecture Protection is a joint effort of architecture and ...

A new technical paper titled “The Future of Memory: Limits and Opportunities” was published by researchers at Stanford University and an independent researcher. “Memory latency, bandwidth, capacity, ...

New non-volatile memory devices store information using different physical mechanisms from those employed in today's memories and could achieve substantial improvements in computing performance and ...

Current processor and filing system designs must be revamped to get the most out of non-volatile memory technologies, Intel has said. Though we are still a few years away from seeing a replacement for ...