Multi-core systems are becoming particularly common, due to the high performance they can deliver. Higher, their performance strongly depends on the availability of effective cache controllers, able to guarantee (among others) the coherence of the caches of the different cores. This paper proposes a method for the test of the cache coherence logic existing within each core in a multi-core system, resorting to a functional approach; this means that the method is based on the generation of a suitable test program, to be run in a coordinated manner on the cores composing the system. The method is able to detect hardware defects affecting this logic. We validated our method on a LEON3 multicore system.

On the Functional Test of the Cache Coherency Logic in Multi-core Systems / Perez Acle, J.; Cantoro, Riccardo; SANCHEZ SANCHEZ, EDGAR ERNESTO; SONZA REORDA, Matteo. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 1-4. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2015 IEEE 6th Latin American Symposium on Circuits & Systems (LASCAS) tenutosi a Montevideo - Uruguay nel 24-27 Feb. 2015) [10.1109/LASCAS.2015.7250453].

On the Functional Test of the Cache Coherency Logic in Multi-core Systems

CANTORO, RICCARDO;SANCHEZ SANCHEZ, EDGAR ERNESTO;SONZA REORDA, Matteo
2015

Abstract

Multi-core systems are becoming particularly common, due to the high performance they can deliver. Higher, their performance strongly depends on the availability of effective cache controllers, able to guarantee (among others) the coherence of the caches of the different cores. This paper proposes a method for the test of the cache coherence logic existing within each core in a multi-core system, resorting to a functional approach; this means that the method is based on the generation of a suitable test program, to be run in a coordinated manner on the cores composing the system. The method is able to detect hardware defects affecting this logic. We validated our method on a LEON3 multicore system.
2015
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