Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cache memory bypass in a multi-core processor (MCP)
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Application No.: US12276072Application Date: 2008-11-21
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Publication No.: US09886389B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Dan P. Dumarot , Karl J. Duvalsaint , Daeik Kim , Moon J. Kim , Eugene B. Risi
- Applicant: Dan P. Dumarot , Karl J. Duvalsaint , Daeik Kim , Moon J. Kim , Eugene B. Risi
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Keohane & D'Alessandro PLLC
- Agent William H. Hartwell; Hunter E. Webb
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08 ; G06F12/0888 ; G06F11/16 ; G06F12/0811 ; G06F11/20 ; G06F12/0813 ; G06F12/084

Abstract:
This invention describes an apparatus, computer architecture, memory structure, memory control, and cache memory operation method for multi-core processor. A logic core bypasses immediate cache memory units with low yield or deadly performance. The core mounts (multiple) cache unit(s) that might already be in use by other logic cores. Selected cache memory units serve multiple logic cores with the same contents. The shared cache memory unit(s) serves all the mounting cores with cache search, hit, miss, and write back functions. The method recovers a logic core whose cache memory block is not operational by sharing cache memory blocks which might already engage other logic cores. The method is used to improve reliability and performance of the remaining system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100131717A1 CACHE MEMORY BYPASS IN A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR (MCP) Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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