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The storage industry is moving toward emerging non-volatile memories (NVMs), including the spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM) and the phase-change memory (PCM), owing to their high density and low-power…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Nikhil Rangarajan , Satwik Patnaik , Johann Knechtel , Ozgur Sinanoglu , Shaloo Rakheja

Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) is a suitable fault tolerant technique for SRAM-based FPGA. However, one of the main challenges in achieving 100% robustness in designs protected by TMR running on programmable platforms is to prevent upsets…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2011-11-09 F. Lima Kastensmidt , L. Sterpone , L. Carro , M. Sonza Reorda

The SRAM cell is made up of latch, which ensures that the cell data is preserved as long as power is turned on and refresh operation is not required for the SRAM cell. SRAM is widely used for on-chip cache memory in microprocessors, game…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Apollos Ezeogu

In this work, we propose FUSE, a novel GPU cache system that integrates spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM) into the on-chip L1D cache. FUSE can minimize the number of outgoing memory accesses over the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Jie Zhang , Myoungsoo Jung , Mahmut Taylan Kandemir

As dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and other current transistor-based memories approach their scalability limits, the search for alternative storage methods becomes increasingly urgent. Phase-change memory (PCM) emerges as a promising…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Mahek Desai , Rowena Quinn , Marjan Asadinia

Cache plays a critical role in reducing the performance gap between CPU and main memory. A modern multi-core CPU generally employs a multi-level hierarchy of caches, through which the most recently and frequently used data are maintained in…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Rui Wang , Chundong Wang , Chongnan Ye

Spin-torque transfer magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is a promising emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technology with wide applications. However, the data recovery of STT-MRAM is affected by the diversity of channel raw bit error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Xingwei Zhong , Kui Cai , Peng Kang , Guanghui Song , Bin Dai

This paper summarizes our work on experimentally characterizing, mitigating, and recovering data retention errors in multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory, which was published in HPCA 2015, and examines the work's significance and future…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Yu Cai , Yixin Luo , Erich F. Haratsch , Ken Mai , Saugata Ghose , Onur Mutlu

Performance and reliability are two prominent factors in the design of data storage systems. To achieve higher performance, recently storage system designers use DRAM-based buffers. The volatility of DRAM brings up the possibility of data…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Mostafa Hadizadeh , Elham Cheshmikhani , Maysam Rahmanpour , Onur Mutlu , Hossein Asadi

Prompt caching is critical for reducing latency and cost in LLM inference: OpenAI and Anthropic report up to 50-90% cost savings through prompt reuse. Despite its widespread success, little is known about what constitutes an optimal prompt…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-20 Wenxin Zhang , Yueying Li , Ciamac C. Moallemi , Tianyi Peng

Spin Transfer Torque Random Access Memory (STT-RAM) is an emerging Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) technology that has garnered attention to overcome the drawbacks of conventional CMOS-based technologies. However, such technologies must be…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-29 Saeed SeyedFaraji , Markus Bichl , Asad Aftab , Semeen Rehman

Raw bit errors are common in NAND flash memory and will increase in the future. These errors reduce flash reliability and limit the lifetime of a flash memory device. We aim to improve flash reliability with a multitude of low-cost…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Yixin Luo

Whereas contemporary Error Correcting Codes (ECC) designs occupy a significant fraction of total die area in chip-multiprocessors (CMPs), approaches to deal with the vulnerability increase of CMP architecture against Single Event Upsets…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-29 Navid Khoshavi , Armin Samiei

A new device structure for spin transfer torque based magnetic random access memory is proposed for on-chip memory applications. Our device structure exploits spin Hall effect to create a differential memory cell that exhibits fast and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-12 Yusung Kim , Sri Harsha Choday , Kaushik Roy

This paper investigates intelligent replacement policies for improving the hit-rate of gigascale DRAM caches. Cache replacement policies are commonly used to improve the hit-rate of on-chip caches. The most effective replacement policies…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-05 Vinson Young , Moinuddin K. Qureshi

Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) is an attractive alternative to current random access memory technologies due to its non-volatility, fast operation and high endurance. STT-MRAM does though have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-27 Noriyuki Sato , Fen Xue , Robert M. White , Chong Bi , Shan X. Wang

NAND flash memory is ubiquitous in everyday life today because its capacity has continuously increased and cost has continuously decreased over decades. This positive growth is a result of two key trends: (1) effective process technology…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-25 Yu Cai , Saugata Ghose , Erich F. Haratsch , Yixin Luo , Onur Mutlu

Hardware neural networks that implement synaptic weights with embedded non-volatile memory, such as spin torque memory (ST-MRAM), are a major lead for low energy artificial intelligence. In this work, we propose an approximate storage…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Nicolas Locatelli , Adrien F. Vincent , Damien Querlioz

Due to embedded systems` stringent design constraints, much prior work focused on optimizing energy consumption and/or performance. Since embedded systems typically have fewer cooling options, rising temperature, and thus temperature…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-16 Tosiron Adegbija , Ann Gordon-Ross

Storage Class Memory (SCM) is a class of memory technology which has recently become viable for use. Their namearises from the fact that they exhibit non-volatility of data, similar to secondary storage while also having latencies…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-27 Aditya K Kamath , Leslie Monis , A Tarun Karthik , Basavaraj Talawar