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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Erik Hagersten, Uppsala, SE;

Andreas Sembrant, Uppsala, SE;

David Black-Schaffer, Uppsala, SE;

Stefanos Kaxiras, Uppsala, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1045 (2016.01); G06F 12/0864 (2016.01); G06F 12/0897 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1054 (2013.01); G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06F 12/1063 (2013.01); G06F 2212/65 (2013.01); G06F 2212/655 (2013.01); Y02D 10/13 (2018.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems which, for example, reduce energy usage in cache memories are described. Cache location information regarding the location of cachelines which are stored in a tracked portion of a memory hierarchy is stored in a cache location table. Address tags are stored with corresponding location information in the cache location table to associate the address tag with the cacheline and its cache location information. When a cacheline is moved to a new location in the memory hierarchy, the cache location table is updated so that the cache location information indicates where the cacheline is located within the memory hierarchy.


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