Nature

Scratchpad Memory Optimization in Embedded Systems

Embedded systems demand high performance with minimal power consumption, and the optimisation of scratchpad memory (SPM) plays a critical role in meeting these stringent requirements. SPM, a small ...
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Multi-granularity data placement algorithm reducing latency on SPM-DRAM architectures

Scratch-pad memory (SPM) has been widely used in embedded systems because it allows software-controlled data placement. By designing data placement strategies, optimal solutions with minimal memory ...
EDN

Memory models for embedded multicore SoCs, Part 2 – Cache and Overlays

Editor's Note: Multicore architectures find use across a diverse range of applications thanks to their performance and efficiency. By combining several general-purpose MCU cores — or MCU cores and ...
EDN

Memory models for embedded multicore SoCs, Part 3 – Memory structures

Editor's Note: Multicore architectures find use across a diverse range of applications thanks to their performance and efficiency. By combining several general-purpose MCU cores — or MCU cores and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Primer On Last-Level Cache Memory For SoC Designs

System-on-chip (SoC) architects have a new memory technology, last level cache (LLC), to help overcome the design obstacles of bandwidth, latency and power consumption in megachips for advanced driver ...