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HyDRA: Deadline and Reuse-Aware Cacheability for Hardware Accelerators

Ayushi Agarwal , Anannya Mathur , Preeti Ranjan Panda
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keywords hardware acceleratorsshared cachereuse predictiondeadline awarenesscache bypassingheterogeneous SoCsperformance optimizationclustering predictor
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HyDRA uses a clustering predictor to balance accelerator deadline constraints with reuse-aware bypassing in shared caches of heterogeneous SoCs.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper addresses the tension in heterogeneous SoCs where accelerators' strict deadlines can degrade core performance when both share a system-level cache. It proposes LERN, a clustering-based method that learns and predicts accelerator reuse patterns specifically at the shared cache level, which differs from core reuse behavior due to architectural differences. HyDRA then applies these predictions to decide on cache bypassing, trading off reuse awareness against deadline awareness to maximize overall system throughput. The strategy dynamically adjusts decisions to meet accelerator timing requirements while reducing unnecessary cache pollution. Evaluations across varied workloads and accelerator setups show gains in performance alongside lower deadline miss rates.

Core claim

HyDRA is a deadline and reuse-aware cache management strategy that employs the LERN clustering-based predictor to dynamically predict the reuse behavior of accelerator accesses at the shared cache and make bypass decisions that maximize system throughput while meeting accelerator deadlines.

What carries the argument

LERN, a clustering-based methodology for learning and predicting the reuse behavior of hardware accelerators at the shared cache level, which drives HyDRA's bypass decisions.

Load-bearing premise

The clustering-based LERN predictor accurately captures accelerator reuse behavior at the shared cache level and enables effective bypass decisions without violating deadlines.

What would settle it

Measure LERN prediction accuracy against observed reuse patterns in a real or simulated heterogeneous SoC; if bypass decisions increase deadline misses or yield no throughput improvement over baseline reuse predictors, the central claim fails.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.08908 by Anannya Mathur, Ayushi Agarwal, Preeti Ranjan Panda.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Overview of Heterogeneous System Architecture. We [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Key Motivational Challenges 1, 2, and 3. Mean per [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Limitations of the state-of-the-art cache management [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: LERN Methodology Overview: Reuse Count and Reuse [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: PCA projection in 2-D for the 4-D RI features [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Percentage of memory accesses clustered in different [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: HyDRA’s Deadline with Reuse-Aware Bypass and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Margin Requirement Estimation based on the acceler [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Clusters to be bypassed determined by the reuse [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Performance Evaluation of HyDRA (ARP-CS-AL-D) on Accelerator Config-1. Deadline: 10 IPS. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Accelerator’s shared cache access rate during the execution compared with the per-epoch progress requirement based [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Performance Evaluation of HyDRA across Accelerator Configurations Config-1 to Config-10. Deadline: 10 IPS. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: Performance Comparison of HyDRA with FIFO-NB and ARP-CS-AS-D. Deadline: 10 IPS. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_13.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: Comparison of the shared cache space occupied by all cores (-C) and the accelerator (-A) during the execution with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: Performance achieved by policies with similar accelerator bypass rates as HyDRA. Deadline: 10 IPS. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_15.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: Performance Evaluation with varying LLC capacity. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: Performance evaluation with 2-way cache partitioning [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: Performance evaluation of HyDRA with different LERN predictor table entries. LERN is trained on hashed addresses. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: Performance evaluation of HyDRA over FIFO-NB and SHIP-driven bypass with different SHIP predictor table size [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_20.png] view at source ↗
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The system-level cache is a critical resource shared by processor cores and domain-specific accelerators in heterogeneous systems on chips (SoCs). The strict QoS requirements of accelerators, such as deadlines, can lead to severe performance degradation of processor cores. Thus, managing the shared cache efficiently between cores and accelerators becomes crucial. State-of-the-art cache management techniques perform reuse-aware bypassing of accesses from cores with the help of reuse predictors to improve performance. However, architectural differences between accelerators and processor cores (often associated with deep cache hierarchies) can lead to significantly different reuse patterns at the shared cache. We propose a novel clustering-based methodology, LERN, for learning and predicting the reuse behavior of hardware accelerators at the shared cache. We then propose a deadline and reuse-aware cache management strategy, HyDRA, which explores a novel tradeoff between reuse and deadline awareness for performance efficiency. It uses LERN to dynamically predict the reuse behavior of the accelerator accesses and make bypass decisions to maximize the system throughput while meeting accelerator deadlines. We evaluate HyDRA across different workloads and varied accelerator configurations. It significantly improves the system performance and reduces the accelerator deadline miss rate.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper proposes LERN, a clustering-based methodology to learn and predict the reuse behavior of hardware accelerators at the shared last-level cache in heterogeneous SoCs, and HyDRA, a deadline- and reuse-aware cache management policy that uses LERN predictions to make dynamic bypass decisions. The central claim is that HyDRA improves overall system throughput while meeting accelerator deadlines, with evaluation across workloads and accelerator configurations showing significant performance gains and reduced deadline miss rates.

Significance. If the central claims hold with robust validation, the work would be significant for cache management in heterogeneous SoCs, where accelerators impose strict QoS constraints that conflict with CPU performance. The clustering approach tailored to accelerator reuse patterns (distinct from CPU patterns) and the explicit tradeoff between reuse awareness and deadline compliance represent a targeted contribution beyond standard reuse predictors.

major comments (2)
  1. [Evaluation] Evaluation section: The abstract and manuscript state that HyDRA 'significantly improves the system performance and reduces the accelerator deadline miss rate' across workloads and configurations, yet supply no quantitative results (e.g., speedup percentages, miss-rate deltas), error bars, workload characteristics, accelerator configurations, or methodology details for deadline enforcement and measurement. This prevents assessment of whether the gains are load-bearing or artifacts of the setup.
  2. [LERN and Evaluation] LERN methodology and evaluation: The claim that LERN's clustering reliably identifies reusable vs. non-reusable accelerator lines at the LLC (enabling effective bypass without deadline violations) lacks sensitivity analysis on cluster count k, feature selection, distance metric, or cross-configuration validation (e.g., training on one accelerator type and testing on another). Given bursty/streaming accelerator patterns, this is load-bearing for the robustness of HyDRA's bypass decisions.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction] The title uses 'Cacheability' but the abstract and text focus on bypass decisions; a brief clarification of the term in the introduction would improve precision.
  2. [HyDRA] Notation for reuse predictors and deadline metrics could be standardized earlier (e.g., define all symbols before first use in the HyDRA policy description).

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive feedback. We address each major comment below and have revised the manuscript to strengthen the evaluation and analysis as requested.

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  1. Referee: [Evaluation] Evaluation section: The abstract and manuscript state that HyDRA 'significantly improves the system performance and reduces the accelerator deadline miss rate' across workloads and configurations, yet supply no quantitative results (e.g., speedup percentages, miss-rate deltas), error bars, workload characteristics, accelerator configurations, or methodology details for deadline enforcement and measurement. This prevents assessment of whether the gains are load-bearing or artifacts of the setup.

    Authors: We agree that quantitative details are necessary for rigorous assessment. The revised manuscript now includes specific performance speedups (with percentages), deadline miss rate reductions, error bars from repeated simulations, workload characteristics, accelerator configurations, and full methodology for deadline enforcement and measurement. These additions substantiate the claims and allow evaluation of whether gains are robust. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [LERN and Evaluation] LERN methodology and evaluation: The claim that LERN's clustering reliably identifies reusable vs. non-reusable accelerator lines at the LLC (enabling effective bypass without deadline violations) lacks sensitivity analysis on cluster count k, feature selection, distance metric, or cross-configuration validation (e.g., training on one accelerator type and testing on another). Given bursty/streaming accelerator patterns, this is load-bearing for the robustness of HyDRA's bypass decisions.

    Authors: We acknowledge the value of sensitivity analysis for validating LERN's clustering robustness, particularly for bursty accelerator patterns. The original submission emphasized end-to-end HyDRA results but omitted detailed parameter studies. The revision adds sensitivity analysis on cluster count k, feature selection, and distance metrics, along with cross-configuration validation (training on one accelerator type and testing on others) to confirm that LERN reliably distinguishes reusable lines without compromising deadline compliance. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper introduces LERN as a novel clustering-based predictor for accelerator reuse at the shared cache and HyDRA as a deadline-aware bypass policy built on top of it. Both are presented as new proposals and evaluated empirically across workloads and accelerator configurations. No equations reduce fitted parameters to predictions by construction, no self-citations serve as load-bearing justifications for uniqueness or ansatzes, and the central claims rest on simulation results rather than self-referential definitions or renamings of known results. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained and non-circular.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on standard computer-architecture assumptions about cache behavior and workload characteristics; no free parameters or invented physical entities are visible in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Accelerators exhibit significantly different reuse patterns from processor cores at the shared cache due to architectural differences.
    Explicitly stated in the abstract as the motivation for a new predictor.

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