Invention Grant
US09229879B2 Power reduction using unmodified information in evicted cache lines
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在逐出缓存行中使用未修改的信息进行功耗降低
- Patent Title: Power reduction using unmodified information in evicted cache lines
- Patent Title (中): 在逐出缓存行中使用未修改的信息进行功耗降低
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Application No.: US13180481Application Date: 2011-07-11
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Publication No.: US09229879B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Mahesh K. Kumashikar , Ashok Jagannathan
- Applicant: Mahesh K. Kumashikar , Ashok Jagannathan
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/12
- IPC: G06F12/12 ; G06F1/32

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations to reduce power consumption using unmodified information in evicted cache lines. A method includes identifying unmodified information of a cache line stored in a cache of a processor, tracking the unmodified information using a bit vector comprising one or more bits to indicate the unmodified information of the cache line, and selectively suppressing a write operation or send operation for the unmodified information of the cache line that is evicted from the cache to an input/output (I/O) component coupled to the cache, the selective suppressing being based on the one or more bits, and the I/O component being an outer component external to the cache. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130019064A1 POWER REDUCTION USING UNMODIFIED INFORMATION IN EVICTED CACHE LINES Public/Granted day:2013-01-17
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