Question

Advantages of prefetching microinstruction

Answer 1

Cache prefetching is a technique used by computer processors to boost execution performance by fetching instructions or data from their original storage in slower memory to a faster local memory before it is actually needed (hence the term 'prefetch').[1] Most modern computer processors have fast and local cache memory in which prefetched data is held till it is required. The source for the prefetch operation is usually main memory. Because of their design, accessing cache memories is typically much faster than accessing main memory, so prefetching data and then accessing it from caches is usually many orders of magnitude faster than accessing it directly from main memory.

Answer 2

Advantages of prefetching:

• It is used in large number of alliterations.
• Instructions are prefetched based on the execution time and miss penalty.
• The memory of the prefetch is not stored in the actual memory which saves the space.
• The compulsory cache misses are reduced.
• The cache performance is improved.
• The cache prefetching includes coverage, accuracy, and timeliness.