Regarding a device to help battering the RAM wall Jean-Louis Lafitte Universit6 de Gen~ve * Introduction and Objectives T h e g r o w i n g g a p b e t w e e n processor a n d m e m o r y h a s been e x a c e r b a t e d by t h e w a y we are u s i n g c o m p u t e r s : in o r d e r t o o b t a i n an a c t u a l d a t a for a given i n s t r u c t i o n , it c a n t a k e several, if n o t a lot of, different m e m o r y accesses, d e p e n d e n t u p o n t h e w a y d a t a are s t r u c t u r e d . I n d e e d , d a t a is
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