Support subbanking the D$ to save power for narrow accesses #2645
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This is particularly useful for reducing energy per scalar access when attaching a coprocessor that requires a very wide D$ port.
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This is particularly useful for reducing energy per scalar access when attaching a coprocessor that requires a very wide D$ port.
Enabled with optional parameter DCacheParams.subWordBits.
Related issue:
Type of change: other enhancement
Impact: API addition (no impact on existing code)
Development Phase: implementation