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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2021
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Dingler, Austin, TX (US);

Mohit Karve, Austin, TX (US);

Alper Buyuktosunoglu, White Plains, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 12/0811 (2016.01); G06F 12/122 (2016.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 12/122 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for augmenting cache replacement operations are provided. The method identifies a set of cache lines within a first cache level of a multilevel cache. A first candidate cache line is identified based on a first replacement scheme of the first cache level. A second candidate cache line is identified based on the first replacement scheme of the first cache level. A replacement cache line is selected for replacement in the first cache level. The replacement cache line is selected from the first candidate cache line and the second candidate cache line and based on the first replacement scheme of the first cache level and a second replacement scheme of a second cache level. The method removes the replacement cache line from the first cache level.


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