CACHE MEMORY REPLACEMENT POLICY FOR A UNIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

Cache memory hierarchies are used to buffer those portions of main memory with the most frequent use by the CPU. As cache memory is very costly, good design techniques must consider small cache sizes maintaining high levels of use (hit ratio) and ease of implementation. The memory replacement policy is important in maintaining a high hit ratio. Most replacement policies used are easily implemented when the main memory has fixed page locations. A new cache algorithm using a variable page configuration is explained in terms of program behaviour. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.