A Detailed Evaluation of A Production Server With High-End MRDIMM Main Memory (BSC, Micron, Intel, UPC)


A new technical paper, "Performance and Energy Benefits of MRDIMMs," was published by researchers at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Micron and Intel Corporation. Abstract "Multiplexed Rank DIMMs (MRDIMMs) have recently emerged as memory devices that enable higher bandwidth without increasing DRAM chip frequencies. This paper presents a detailed perf... » read more

Performance Boost In Powerful Real-Time Cortex-R Processor Using Data Prefetch Control


High-performance processors employ hardware data prefetching to reduce the negative performance impact of large main memory latencies. An effective prefetching mechanism can improve cache hit rate significantly. Data prefetching boosts the execution performance by fetching data before it is needed. While prefetching improves performance substantially on many programs, it can significantly red... » read more