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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Abhijeet Ashok Chachad, Plano, TX (US);

David Matthew Thompson, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/448 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/0811 (2016.01); G06F 12/0813 (2016.01); G06F 12/0817 (2016.01); G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 12/0855 (2016.01); G06F 12/0871 (2016.01); G06F 12/0888 (2016.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/121 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/467 (2013.01); G06F 9/30047 (2013.01); G06F 9/30079 (2013.01); G06F 9/30098 (2013.01); G06F 9/30101 (2013.01); G06F 9/30189 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/4498 (2018.02); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/544 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2013.01); G06F 12/0824 (2013.01); G06F 12/0828 (2013.01); G06F 12/0831 (2013.01); G06F 12/0855 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 12/0888 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 12/12 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/121 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/621 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving, by a level two (L2) controller, a write request for an address that is not allocated as a cache line in a L2 cache. The write request specifies write data. The method also includes generating, by the L2 controller, a read request for the address; reserving, by the L2 controller, an entry in a register file for read data returned in response to the read request; updating, by the L2 controller, a data field of the entry with the write data; updating, by the L2 controller, an enable field of the entry associated with the write data; and receiving, by the L2 controller, the read data and merging the read data into the data field of the entry.


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