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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William L. Walker, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael L. Golden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marius Evers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor core associated with a first cache initiates entry into a powered-down state. In response, information representing a set of entries of the first cache are stored in a retention region that receives a retention voltage while the processor core is in a powered-down state. Information indicating one or more invalidated entries of the set of entries is also stored in the retention region. In response to the processor core initiating exit from the powered-down state, entries of the first cache are restored using the stored information representing the entries and the stored information indicating the at least one invalidated entry.