Memory access reordering in vector processors

Interference among multiple vector streams that access memory concurrently is the major source of performance degradation in main memory of pipelined vector processors. While totally eliminating interference appears to be impossible, little is known on how to design a memory system that can reduce it. In this paper, we introduce a concept called memory access reordering for reducing interference. This technique reduces interference by means of making the multiple vector streams access memory in an orderly fashion. Effective algorithms for memory access reordering are presented and their efficient hardware implementations are described.<>