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2015-05-05mem: Remove templates in cache modelDavid Guillen
This patch changes the cache implementation to rely on virtual methods rather than using the replacement policy as a template argument. There is no impact on the simulation performance, and overall the changes make it easier to modify (and subclass) the cache and/or replacement policy.
2014-07-28mem: refactor LRU cache tags and add random replacement tagsAnthony Gutierrez
this patch implements a new tags class that uses a random replacement policy. these tags prefer to evict invalid blocks first, if none are available a replacement candidate is chosen at random. this patch factors out the common code in the LRU class and creates a new abstract class: the BaseSetAssoc class. any set associative tag class must implement the functionality related to the actual replacement policy in the following methods: accessBlock() findVictim() insertBlock() invalidate()