DAIS: An Object-Addressed Processor Cache

Russell, Gordon; Shaw, Paul; Cockshott, W Paul

Abstract

DAIS is a proposed processor incorporating hardware-based object addressing. By providing only the very minimum of support for objects, it allows efficient access via a novel caching system. Object addressing is supported at the instruction level, with virtually the same performance as a processor using virtual addressing. This paper begins with a justification of the method by which objects are accessed in the DAIS design, and then goes on to describe the hardware caching mechanisms to efficiently support it. Finally, some analysis of benchmarks is given, and dynamic program traces are used to show the performance of the caching scheme.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: Sixth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems
• Start Date: Sep 5, 1994
• End Date: Sep 9, 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 374-386
• Series Title: Workshops in Computing
• Series ISSN: 1431-1682
• Book Title: Persistent Object Systems: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems
• ISBN: 978-3-540-19912-0
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2122-0_29
• Keywords: DAIS; novel caching system; object addressing; hardware caching mechanisms; dynamic program traces
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3182