Ever-changing memory could lead to faster processors

Virtually every central processor in your devices uses a tiered set of memory caches to speed things up by fetching commonly used data. But its not very efficient — in trying to accommodate everything, its rarely the fastest at anything. MITs CSAIL researchers want to fix that. Theyve developed a cache system (appropriately named Jenga) that creates new cache structures on the spot to optimize for a specific app. As Jenga knows the physical locations of each memory bank, it can c…<...
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