Cache Replacement Policies

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- A Taxonomy of Cache Replacement Policies.- Coarse-Grained Replacement Policies.- Fine-Grained Replacement Policies.- Richer Considerations.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Authors' Biographies.

Akanksha Jain is a Research Associate at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Texas in August 2016. In 2009, she received B. Tech and M. Tech degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Her research interests are in computer architecture, with a particular focus on the memory system and on using machine learning techniques to improve the design of memory system optimizations.Calvin Lin is a University Distinguished Teacher Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. Lin received the BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1985 (Magna Cum Laude) and the Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in December 1992. Lin was a postdoc at the University of Washington until 1996, when he joined the faculty at Texas. Lins research takes a broad view of how compilers and computer hardware can be used to improve system performance,system security, and programmer productivity. He is also Director of UTs Turing Scholars Honors Program, and when he is notworking, he can be found chasing his two young sons or coaching the UT mens ultimate frisbee team.