The SV1 Data Cache
32 Kword (256 Kbyte) cache per SSP
Four-way set associative
- Each memory location maps to four possible locations in cache
- Replacement policy: Least Recently Used
ìWrite throughî
- Each store goes to main memory
ìWrite allocateî
- Each store also goes to cache
Line size of eight words for scalar loads
Line size of one word for vector loads
- No wasted bandwidth for irregular strides through main memory, gathers