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- 专利标题: Varying an amount of data retrieved from memory based upon an instruction hint
- 专利标题(中): 根据指令提示改变从存储器检索的数据量
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申请号: US12024170申请日: 2008-02-01
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公开(公告)号: US08266381B2公开(公告)日: 2012-09-11
- 发明人: Ravi K. Arimilli , Gheorghe C. Cascaval , Balaram Sinharoy , William E. Speight , Lixin Zhang
- 申请人: Ravi K. Arimilli , Gheorghe C. Cascaval , Balaram Sinharoy , William E. Speight , Lixin Zhang
- 申请人地址: US NY Armonk
- 专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US NY Armonk
- 代理机构: Yudell Isidore Ng Russell, PLLC
- 主分类号: G06F12/08
- IPC分类号: G06F12/08
摘要:
In at least one embodiment, a processor detects during execution of program code whether a load instruction within the program code is associated with a hint. In response to detecting that the load instruction is not associated with a hint, the processor retrieves a full cache line of data from the memory hierarchy into the processor in response to the load instruction. In response to detecting that the load instruction is associated with a hint, a processor retrieves a partial cache line of data into the processor from the memory hierarchy in response to the load instruction.
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