> keep a chunk of memory im L1 for the lifetime of my program That is essentially what a scratchpad does. However, context switching is an issue, because the O

> keep a chunk of memory im L1 for the lifetime of my program That is essentially what a scratchpad does. However, context switching is an issue, because the OS now has to maintain an even larger chunk of data in addition to the registers. > an easily interfaced FPGA on the die There is research on this. Here is a phd thesis: https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000021186 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000021186