Buzzwords are terms that are mentioned during lecture which are particularly important to understand thoroughly. This page tracks the buzzwords for each of the lectures and can be used as a reference for finding gaps in your understanding of course material.

• Level of transformation
  • Algorithm
  • System software
  • Compiler
• Cross abstraction layers
• Tradeoffs
• Caches
• DRAM/memory controller
• DRAM banks
• Row buffer hit/miss
• Row buffer locality
• Unfairness
• Memory performance hog
• Shared DRAM memory system
• Streaming access vs. random access
• Memory scheduling policies
• Scheduling priority
• Retention time of DRAM
• Process variation
• Retention time profile
• Power consumption
• Bloom filter
• Hamming code
• Hamming distance
• DRAM row hammer