instruction cache

collocation in English

meaningsofinstructionandcache

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instruction
noun
uk
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃən/
something that someone tells you ...
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cache
noun
uk
/kæʃ/us
/kæʃ/
a hidden store of things, or the place where they ...
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(Definition ofinstructionandcachefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstruction cache

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Often, there are separate on-chip caches for instructions and data, and theinstructioncachedoes not track memory writes.
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The larger active code size due to the multi-variant specialization has an impact on theinstructioncachebehavior.
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This means that a newly-compiled instruction in main memory may not be 'seen' until a previously-compiled one happens to lose its place in theinstructioncache.
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The first level consists of two caches, aninstructioncacheand a data cache.
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This acts like a very smallinstructioncache, but its behaviour can be predicted at compile time, making timing behaviour as predictable as functional behaviour.
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Instructions were predecoded as they enter theinstructioncacheby appending four bits to each instruction.
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Among other factors, this contributes to a code size that rivals eight-bit machines and enables efficient use ofinstructioncachememory.
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In stage one, four instructions are fetched from theinstructioncache.
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Better code density meant fewerinstructioncachemisses and hence better performance running large-scale code.
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The floating-pointinstructioncacheis also increased in capacity to 24 entries from 20.
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Theinstructioncacheis accessed via a 256-bit bus.
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The 68020 replaced this with a properinstructioncacheof 256 bytes, the first 68k series processor to feature true onboard cache memory.
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The data cache is direct-mapped for the same reasons as theinstructioncache.
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Theinstructioncacheis direct-mapped and virtually indexed, physically tagged.
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Some of this information is associated with instructions, in both the level 1instructioncacheand the unified secondary cache.
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This acts like a very smallinstructioncache, but its behavior can be predicted at compile time, making timing behavior as predictable as functional behavior.
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That next instruction is the one unavoidably loaded by theinstructioncacheafter the branch.
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Theinstructioncacheis direct-mapped to avoid the complexity of set associative caches and is accessed via a 148-bit bus.
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Theinstructioncachehas a 32-byte line size, whereas the data cache has 16-byte line size.
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