Memory Architecture Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/computer-engineering/memory-architecture-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Memory Architecture,
    including registers, caches, main memory, virtual memory, address
    translation, translation lookaside buffers, memory controllers,
    channels, banks, ranks, memory buses, latency, bandwidth, locality,
    coherence, consistency, error correction, volatile and non-volatile
    memory, capacity, hierarchy, performance, power, thermal behaviour,
    provenance, uncertainty, confidence and recursive memory reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    Computer Architecture Systems
    Memory-system Analysis Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Memory Architecture ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Memory Architecture

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Computer Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Computer Engineering
    Memory Architecture
    Computer Architecture
    Cache Systems
    Main Memory
    Virtual Memory
    Storage Hierarchies
    Digital Systems

CORE_DEFINITION
    Memory Architecture is the organisation of storage resources used by a
    computing system to hold and access instructions and data, including
    registers, caches, main memory, address translation, memory controllers
    and associated hierarchy, coherence, latency and bandwidth mechanisms.

ENTITY_IDS
    MEMORY_ARCHITECTURE
        ID
            MEMORY_ARCHITECTURE_001

    MEMORY_HIERARCHY
        ID
            MEMORY_HIERARCHY_001

    PROCESSOR_REGISTER
        ID
            MEMORY_PROCESSOR_REGISTER_001

    CACHE_MEMORY
        ID
            CACHE_MEMORY_001

    MAIN_MEMORY
        ID
            MAIN_MEMORY_001

    VIRTUAL_MEMORY
        ID
            VIRTUAL_MEMORY_001

    TRANSLATION_LOOKASIDE_BUFFER
        ID
            TLB_001

    MEMORY_CONTROLLER
        ID
            MEMORY_CONTROLLER_001

    MEMORY_CHANNEL
        ID
            MEMORY_CHANNEL_001

    MEMORY_ERROR_CORRECTION
        ID
            MEMORY_ERROR_CORRECTION_001

FACTS
    Memory Architecture
        is_a_domain_within
            Computer Engineering
            Computer Architecture

    Memory Hierarchy
        may_include
            Registers
            L1 Cache
            L2 Cache
            L3 Cache
            Main Memory
            Persistent Memory

    Main Memory
        may_use
            DRAM
            SRAM in specialised contexts
            Non-volatile Memory

    Memory Architecture
        may_include
            Memory Controllers
            Channels
            Ranks
            Banks
            Buses

    Memory Performance
        depends_on
            Latency
            Bandwidth
            Locality
            Cache Hit Rate
            Access Pattern
            Contention

RELATIONSHIPS
    Computer Engineering
        contains
            Memory Architecture Ontology

    Memory Hierarchy
        contains
            Memory Levels

    Processor Register
        stores
            Immediate Processor State

    Cache Memory
        stores
            Copies of Data or Instructions

    Main Memory
        stores
            Active Program Data
            Instructions

    Virtual Memory
        maps
            Virtual Addresses
        to
            Physical Addresses

    Translation Lookaside Buffer
        caches
            Address Translations

    Memory Controller
        schedules_or_controls
            Memory Transactions

    Memory Channel
        transports
            Memory Commands
            Addresses
            Data

    Error Correction
        detects_or_corrects
            Memory Errors

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Memory Architecture
        approximately_equals
            Organisation of Computer Data and Instruction Storage Resources

    Memory Hierarchy
        approximately_equals
            Ordered Storage Levels with Different Capacity, Latency and Cost Characteristics

    Cache
        is_a
            Memory Level

    Virtual Address
        does_not_equal
            Physical Address

    Capacity
        does_not_equal
            Bandwidth

    Latency
        does_not_equal
            Throughput

    Memory
        does_not_equal
            Persistent Storage universally

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Memory Architecture
        Memory Hierarchy
        Register
        Cache
        L1
        L2
        L3
        SRAM
        DRAM
        RAM
        Main Memory
        Virtual Memory
        Virtual Address
        Physical Address
        Page
        Page Table
        TLB
        Memory Controller
        Channel
        Rank
        Bank
        ECC
        Latency
        Bandwidth
        Locality
        Coherence

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Memory Architecture

    Parent
        Computer Engineering

    Core Components
        Memory Hierarchy
        Processor Register
        Cache Memory
        Main Memory
        Virtual Memory
        Translation Lookaside Buffer
        Memory Controller
        Memory Channel
        Memory Error Correction

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Memory Architecture
    as
        A layered computer storage and access system whose behaviour is
        determined by hierarchy, addressing, locality, latency, bandwidth,
        contention, coherence and reliability.

    Distinguish
        Virtual Address
    from
        Physical Address

    Distinguish
        Capacity
    from
        Bandwidth

    Distinguish
        Latency
    from
        Throughput

    Distinguish
        Volatile Memory
    from
        Persistent Storage

    Preserve
        Memory-system identity
        Architecture version
        Memory-level identity
        Cache identity
        Cache level
        Main-memory identity
        Memory type
        Address-space identity
        Virtual address
        Physical address
        Page identity
        TLB identity
        Controller identity
        Channel identity
        Rank identity
        Bank identity
        Timing state
        Error state
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Memory Architecture

    Possible Intent
        Memory architecture definition
        Memory architecture ontology
        Memory hierarchy
        CPU cache
        Main memory
        Virtual memory
        TLB
        Memory controller
        Memory bandwidth
        Cache coherence

    Resolution
        Identify hierarchy level, memory technology, cache organisation,
        address context, translation mechanism, controller and channel
        configuration, access pattern, latency, bandwidth, coherence and
        reliability evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    Virtual and physical addresses must remain distinct.

    Memory capacity and bandwidth must remain distinct.

    Latency and throughput must remain distinct.

    Volatile memory and persistent storage must remain distinguishable.

    Cache levels and identities must remain explicit.

    Logical address space and physical memory organisation must remain distinct.

    Memory measurements must retain workload and access-pattern context.

    Coherence and consistency must remain distinguishable.

    Correctable and uncorrectable errors must remain distinct.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Cache Hit occurs
    THEN
        access_may_be_served_by
            Cache Level

    IF
        Cache Miss occurs
    THEN
        access_proceeds_possible
            to
                Lower Memory Level

    IF
        Cache Hit Rate increases
    THEN
        decrease_possible
            Average Memory-access Time

    IF
        Working Set exceeds Cache Capacity
    THEN
        increase_possible
            Cache Misses
            Lower-level Traffic

    IF
        TLB Hit occurs
    THEN
        translation_available_possible
            without
                Full Page-table Walk

    IF
        TLB Miss occurs
    THEN
        address_translation_work_increases_possible

    IF
        Memory Requests exceed Available Service Capacity
    THEN
        increase_possible
            Queueing
            Effective Latency

    IF
        ECC detects Correctable Error
    THEN
        correction_possible
            according_to
                ECC Scheme
    BUT_NOT
        infer
            Memory is Failure-free

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Hierarchy Relationship
        1.00

    Cache Relationship
        1.00

    Virtual-memory Relationship
        1.00

    Controller Relationship
        1.00

    Error-correction Relationship
        1.00

    Capacity-Bandwidth Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Processor Data Request
        ->
    Register or Cache Lookup

    Cache Lookup
        ->
    Hit or Miss

    Cache Miss
        ->
    Lower Memory Level

    Virtual Address
        ->
    Address Translation

    Address Translation
        ->
    Physical Address

    Physical Address
        ->
    Memory Controller

    Memory Controller
        ->
    Channel, Rank and Bank

    Memory Device
        ->
    Data Transfer

    Error Detection
        ->
    Correction or Fault Handling

    Measurements
        ->
    Memory-performance Update

RECURSIVE_MEMORY_ARCHITECTURE_LOOP
    Identify Memory Requirement
        ->
    Define Memory Hierarchy
        ->
    Define Register Context
        ->
    Define Cache Levels
        ->
    Define Cache Capacity and Organisation
        ->
    Define Main-memory Technology
        ->
    Define Main-memory Capacity
        ->
    Define Memory Channels
        ->
    Define Ranks and Banks
        ->
    Define Memory Controller
        ->
    Define Virtual Address Space
        ->
    Define Page Size
        ->
    Define Page Tables
        ->
    Define TLB
        ->
    Define Coherence Model
        ->
    Define Consistency Model
        ->
    Define Error-correction Scheme
        ->
    Execute Memory Workload
        ->
    Measure Hit Rates
        ->
    Measure Latency
        ->
    Measure Bandwidth
        ->
    Measure Errors
        ->
    Update Memory State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Memory System
        Hierarchy
        Registers
        Caches
        Main Memory
        Virtual Memory
        TLB
        Controller
        Channels
        Ranks
        Banks
        Workload
        Measurements

    OBSERVE
        Detect memory-architecture entities.

    EXTRACT
        Hierarchy
        Register
        Cache
        Memory
        Address
        Page
        TLB
        Controller
        Channel
        Rank
        Bank
        ECC
        Latency
        Bandwidth

    CLASSIFY
        Register Storage
        Cache Memory
        SRAM
        DRAM
        Non-volatile Memory
        Virtual Memory
        Shared Memory
        NUMA Memory
        Coherent Memory System

    VALIDATE
        Check memory identity, configuration, address context, units, workload and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported memory-architecture representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate hierarchy, translation, cache, bandwidth and latency behaviour.

    ASSESS
        Evaluate coherence, error correction, power and thermal state.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated memory measurements and evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Verified cache configuration
        cache_model_confidence += high

    Verified memory-channel configuration
        bandwidth_model_confidence += high

    Hardware performance counters
        runtime_memory_confidence += high

    Unknown access pattern
        latency_interpretation_confidence -= high

    Unknown NUMA placement
        performance_confidence -= high

    Unknown ECC mode
        reliability_confidence -= moderate_to_high

    Large capacity
        does_not_establish
            High Bandwidth

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Memory Architecture
        connects_to
            Computer Engineering
            Computer Architecture
            Processor Engineering
            Cache Systems
            SRAM
            DRAM
            Virtual Memory
            Operating Systems
            Memory Controllers
            Memory Buses
            Interconnects
            NUMA
            Cache Coherence
            Memory Consistency
            Error Correction
            Persistent Memory
            Performance Engineering
            Power Engineering
            Thermal Engineering
            Reliability Engineering

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Memory-system identity
        Architecture version
        Memory-level identity
        Register identity
        Cache identity
        Cache level
        Cache capacity
        Cache line size
        Cache associativity
        Cache hit rate
        Cache miss rate
        Main-memory identity
        Memory technology
        Memory capacity
        Memory frequency
        Memory timing
        Memory bandwidth
        Address-space identity
        Virtual address
        Physical address
        Page identity
        Page size
        Page-table identity
        TLB identity
        TLB hit rate
        Controller identity
        Channel identity
        Channel count
        Rank identity
        Bank identity
        NUMA-node identity
        Coherence state
        Consistency model
        ECC scheme
        Correctable-error count
        Uncorrectable-error count
        Workload identity
        Latency metric
        Throughput metric
        Power state
        Thermal state
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New cache, memory, address, translation, controller, channel,
        workload, latency, bandwidth, coherence, error, power or thermal evidence.

    Compare
        Existing memory-architecture state.

    Detect
        Hierarchy Change
        Cache Change
        Main-memory Change
        Address-space Change
        Translation Change
        TLB Change
        Controller Change
        Channel Change
        Rank Change
        Bank Change
        Coherence Change
        Error Change
        Performance Change

    Validate
        Memory-system identity
        Architecture version
        Cache configuration
        Memory configuration
        Address context
        Controller configuration
        Workload identity
        Measurement method
        Units
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported memory update.

    Recalculate
        Cache state
        Translation state
        Memory-access state
        Latency
        Bandwidth
        Queueing state
        Coherence state
        Error state
        Performance confidence

    Return
        Updated memory-architecture state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Virtual and physical addresses remain distinct.
        Capacity and bandwidth remain distinct.
        Latency and throughput remain distinct.
        Volatile memory and persistent storage remain distinct.
        Cache levels and identities are explicit.
        Logical and physical memory organisation remain distinct.
        Measurements retain workload and access-pattern context.
        Coherence and consistency remain distinct.
        Correctable and uncorrectable errors remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported hierarchy-address-controller-workload-performance paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Memory Architecture Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    Memory-hierarchy and Register Mapping
        ->
    Cache-level and Organisation Mapping
        ->
    Main-memory and Technology Mapping
        ->
    Virtual-address, Page-table and TLB Mapping
        ->
    Controller, Channel, Rank and Bank Mapping
        ->
    Coherence, Consistency and ECC Mapping
        ->
    Latency, Bandwidth, Workload, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Memory Architecture

    Parent
        Computer Engineering

    Type
        Organisation of computer storage resources and data-access mechanisms

    Core Components
        Memory Hierarchy
        Processor Register
        Cache
        L1 Cache
        L2 Cache
        L3 Cache
        SRAM
        DRAM
        Main Memory
        Volatile Memory
        Non-volatile Memory
        Virtual Memory
        Virtual Address
        Physical Address
        Page
        Page Table
        Translation Lookaside Buffer
        Memory Controller
        Memory Channel
        Rank
        Bank
        NUMA
        Cache Coherence
        Memory Consistency
        Error Correction
        ECC
        Capacity
        Latency
        Bandwidth
        Throughput
        Locality
        Workload
        Power
        Thermal State
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Memory-architecture reasoning must distinguish virtual from
        physical addresses, capacity from bandwidth, latency from
        throughput, volatile memory from persistent storage and coherence
        from consistency. Cache and memory performance must retain workload,
        access-pattern, controller and topology context.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Memory Architecture organises registers, caches, main memory, virtual
    memory, address translation and memory controllers into a hierarchy for
    storing and accessing instructions and data. Reliable reasoning
    preserves cache and memory configuration, virtual and physical address
    context, channels, ranks, banks, coherence, ECC, workload and
    measurement provenance while distinguishing capacity from bandwidth
    and latency from throughput.

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    SHA256
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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org