Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduction of evictions in cache memory management directories
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Application No.: US14744139Application Date: 2015-06-19
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Publication No.: US09645927B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Thibaut Palfer-Sollier
- Applicant: BULL SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Les Clayes-sous-Bois
- Assignee: BULL SAS
- Current Assignee: BULL SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Les Clayes-sous-Bois
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/0817 ; G06F12/0842

Abstract:
A module of cache coherence management by directory, in which each datum stored in cache memory is associated with a state, at least one of which indicates data sharing among a plurality of processors, the module including a storage unit to store a directory containing a list of cache memory addresses, each address possibly associated with a state corresponding to the state of the datum available at this address, and a processing unit configured to update said list, said processing unit being configured so as not to list the address lines related to data associated with the first state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150370709A1 REDUCTION OF EVICTIONS IN CACHE MEMORY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORIES Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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