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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Joseph Michael Pusdesris, Austin, TX (US);

Adrian Montero, Austin, TX (US);

Klas Magnus Bruce, Leander, TX (US);

Chris Abernathy, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0862 (2016.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/0871 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is concerned with improvements to cache systems that can be used to improve the performance (e.g. hit performance) and/or bandwidth within a memory hierarchy. For instance, a data processing apparatus is provided that comprises a cache. Access circuitry receives one or more requests for data and when the data is present in the cache the data is returned. Retrieval circuitry retrieves the data and stores the data in the cache, either proactively or in response to the one or more requests for the data. Control circuitry evicts the data from the cache and, in dependence on at least one condition, stores the data in the further cache. The at least one condition comprises a requirement that the data was stored into the cache proactively and that a number of the one or more requests is above a threshold value.


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