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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pramod V. Argade, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel Nikolai Peroni, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/34 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/34 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 9/3832 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processing system selectively enables and disables a result lookaside buffer (RLB) based on a hit rate tracked by a counter, thereby reducing power consumption for lookups at the result lookaside buffer during periods of low hit rates and improving the overall hit rate for the result lookaside buffer. A controller increments the counter in the event of a hit at the RLB and decrements the counter in the event of a miss at the RLB. If the value of the counter falls below a threshold value, the processing system temporarily disables the RLB for a programmable period of time. After the period of time, the processing system re-enables the RLB and resets the counter to an initial value.


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