Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Victim cache that supports draining write-miss entries
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Application No.: US17377509Application Date: 2021-07-16
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Publication No.: US11693791B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Naveen Bhoria , Timothy David Anderson , Pete Hippleheuser
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Brian D. Graham; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08 ; G06F12/0811 ; G06F12/0888 ; G06F12/0891 ; G06F9/54 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F12/128 ; G06F12/0817 ; G06F12/0804 ; G06F9/30 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C29/42 ; G11C29/44 ; G06F11/10 ; G06F12/0855 ; G06F12/12 ; G06F12/0806 ; G06F12/0815 ; G06F12/0853 ; G06F13/16 ; G06F12/121 ; G06F12/0884 ; G06F12/0897 ; G06F12/0895 ; G06F12/0864 ; G11C7/22 ; G11C5/06 ; G06F15/80 ; G06F12/0802
Abstract:
A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes a set of cache lines, line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the set of cache lines is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to flush stored write-miss data based on the line type bits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210342270A1 VICTIM CACHE THAT SUPPORTS DRAINING WRITE-MISS ENTRIES Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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