Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Searching a shared cache by using search hints and masked ways
- Patent Title (中): 使用搜索提示和屏蔽方式搜索共享缓存
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Application No.: US12590651Application Date: 2009-11-12
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Publication No.: US08412885B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Liqun Cheng , Zhen Fang , Jeffrey Wilder , Sadagopan Srinivasan , Ravishankar Iyer , Donald Newell
- Applicant: Liqun Cheng , Zhen Fang , Jeffrey Wilder , Sadagopan Srinivasan , Ravishankar Iyer , Donald Newell
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00
Abstract:
In an embodiment of the present invention a method includes: sending request for data to a memory controller; arranging the request for data by order of importance or priority; identifying a source of the request for data; and if the source is an input/output device, masking off P ways in a cache; and allocating ways in filling the cache. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110113198A1 Selective searching in shared cache Public/Granted day:2011-05-12
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