Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanism for data cache replacement based on region policies
- Patent Title (中): 基于区域策略的数据缓存替换机制
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Application No.: US11929771Application Date: 2007-10-30
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Publication No.: US07793049B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Harold W. Cain , Jong-Deok Choi , Pratak Pattnaik , Mauricio J. Serrano
- Applicant: Harold W. Cain , Jong-Deok Choi , Pratak Pattnaik , Mauricio J. Serrano
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Michael J. Buchenhorner; Derek S. Jennings
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
A system and method for cache replacement includes: augmenting each cache block in a cache region with a region hint indicating a temporal priority of the cache block; receiving an indication that a cache miss has occurred; and selecting for eviction the cache block comprising the region hint indicating a low temporal priority.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090113135A1 MECHANISM FOR DATA CACHE REPLACEMENT BASED ON REGION POLICIES Public/Granted day:2009-04-30
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