Invention Application
- Patent Title: Selectively inclusive cache architecture
- Patent Title (中): 选择性包容性缓存架构
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Application No.: US11503777Application Date: 2006-08-14
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Publication No.: US20080040555A1Publication Date: 2008-02-14
- Inventor: Ravishankar Iyer , Li Zhao , Srihari Makineni , Donald Newell
- Applicant: Ravishankar Iyer , Li Zhao , Srihari Makineni , Donald Newell
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00 ; G06F12/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for maintaining data in a first level cache non-inclusively with data in a second level cache coupled to the first level cache. At the same time, at least a portion of directory information associated with the data in the first level cache may be maintained inclusively with a directory portion of the second level cache. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US07552288B2 Selectively inclusive cache architecture Public/Granted day:2009-06-23
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