Performance Degradation of Instruction Pipeline Due to Cache-Miss
10/04/2006 00:00:00
Writer/Researcher : M. A. Kartawidjaja
Area of Research : Computer Engineering
Journal : Elektra
Volume : 3, No. 1
Year : 2006
Pipelining is widely used to enhance the performance of today‘s computers. The ideal performance enhancement can be achieved should the operations taking place in the pipeline do not undergo interruptions. This article explains the degradation of pipeline performance as a result of cache-miss.