Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cache memory device, system including the same, and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US17000875Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11321235B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Hyunwook Joo
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2020-0010921 20200130
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/0895 ; G06F12/0891 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F12/128

Abstract:
A cache memory device includes a cache circuit and a way prediction circuit. The cache circuit generates a cache hit signal indicating whether target data corresponding to an access address are stored in cache lines and performs a current cache access operation primarily with respect to candidate ways based on a candidate way signal indicating the candidate ways in a way prediction mode. The way prediction circuit stores accumulation information by accumulating a cache hit result indicating whether the target data are stored in one of ways and a way prediction hit result indicating whether the target data are stored in one of the candidate ways based on the cache hit signal provided during previous cache access operations. The way prediction circuit generates the candidate way signal by determining the candidate ways for the current cache access operation based on the accumulation information in the way prediction mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210240631A1 CACHE MEMORY DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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