memory latency

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meaningsofmemoryandlatency

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memory
noun
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/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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latency
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleɪ.tən.si/us
/ˈleɪ.tən.si/
the fact of being present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or ...
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(Definition ofmemoryandlatencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To (partially) circumvent suchmemorylatencyproblems, expensive special-purpose hardware is required.
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In doing so it effectively hides allmemorylatencyfrom the processor's perspective.
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Context switching threads to main memory is much expensive operation when compared tomemorylatency.
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Micro-threads mainly hidememorylatencyinside each core by over lapping computations with memory requests.
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Memorylatencywas few cycles in 1980 and it is reaching nowadays almost 1000 cycles.
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Small loops could reside entirely within the stack, eliminatingmemorylatencyfrom instruction fetches.
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However, reality shows thatmemorylatencychanges from application to another.
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Given these trends, it was expected thatmemorylatencywould become an overwhelming bottleneck in computer performance.
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The chief goal of merging the processing and memory components in this way is to reducememorylatencyand increase bandwidth.
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It is especially useful for very slow main memory in that subsequent reads are able to proceed without waiting for long mainmemorylatency.
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If the micro-processor has enough cores and hopefully they are not sending requests to the main memory at the same time, there will be partial aggregate hiding ofmemorylatency.
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Secondly, the advantages of higher clock speeds are in part negated bymemorylatency, since memory access times have not been able to keep pace with increasing clock frequencies.
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