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High-Performance and Flexible Design Scheme with ECC Protection in the Cache.
Yulun Zhou1, Hongxia Liu1, Qi Xiang1
1Key Laboratory for Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Materials and Devices of Education, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China.
This study introduces a flexible cache design with error-correcting codes (ECC) that offers two modes: high-performance and high-reliability. This scheme enhances CPU cache frequency and reliability for diverse applications.
Area of Science:
- Computer Engineering
- Memory Systems Design
- Error Correction Coding
Background:
- Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) is crucial for CPU caches, but its reliability is enhanced using Error-Correcting Codes (ECC).
- ECC implementation in high-speed caches, like L1, introduces significant combinational logic, limiting operational frequency and overall performance due to decoding overhead.
- Conventional ECC designs present a trade-off between cache performance and error correction capabilities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a novel, high-performance, and flexible ECC design scheme for CPU caches.
- To enable adaptive cache operation through distinct high-performance and high-reliability modes.
- To improve system flexibility by allowing software-based switching between ECC modes.
Main Methods:
- Developed a cache design incorporating ECC with two distinct operational modes: high-performance and high-reliability.
- Implemented simpler ECC codes for the high-performance mode to achieve higher frequencies and lower latency.
- Utilized more complex ECC codes in the high-reliability mode to maximize error correction capabilities.
Main Results:
- The proposed ECC design scheme achieved a theoretical maximum frequency of approximately 2.2 GHz, a significant increase from the conventional 1.4 GHz.
- The high-performance mode demonstrated a 57% frequency increase by trading off some error correction capability.
- The high-reliability mode enhanced SRAM error correction but introduced a one-cycle increase in cache access latency.
Conclusions:
- The proposed dual-mode ECC cache design offers a flexible and efficient solution for balancing performance and reliability in modern CPUs.
- Software-configurable ECC modes allow adaptation to specific application demands, optimizing system performance and data integrity.
- This approach effectively addresses the limitations of conventional ECC implementations in high-speed cache systems.

