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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Simon H. Friedmann, Boeblingen, DE;
Christian Jacobi, West Park, NY (US);
Markus Kaltenbach, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Ulrich Mayer, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Anthony Saporito, Highland, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method to operate different processor cache levels of a cache hierarchy for a processor with pipelined execution is suggested. The cache hierarchy comprises at least a lower hierarchy level entity and a higher hierarchy level entity. The method comprises: sending a fetch request to the cache hierarchy; detecting a miss event from a lower hierarchy level entity; sending a fetch request to a higher hierarchy level entity; and scheduling at least one write pass.