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- Patent Title: Method and arrangement for saving cache power
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Application No.: US16592959Application Date: 2019-10-04
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Publication No.: US10997079B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Christian Jacobi , Markus Kaltenbach , Ulrich Mayer , Johannes C. Reichart , Anthony Saporito , Siegmund Schlechter
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Nathan M. Rau
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08 ; G06F12/0862

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for saving cache access power is suggested. The cache is provided with a set predictor logic for providing a generated set selection for selecting a set in the cache, and with a set predictor cache for pre-caching generated set indices of the cache. The method comprises further: receiving a part of a requested memory address; checking, in the set predictor cache, whether the requested memory address is already generated; in the case, that the requested memory address has already been generated: securing that the set predictor cache is switched off; issuing the pre-cached generated set index towards the cache; and securing that only that part of the cache is switched on that is associated with the pre-cached generated set index.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200034301A1 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SAVING CACHE POWER Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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