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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Arthur F Cochcroft, Jr, West Columbia, SC (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A cache controller for a cache memory having a number of cache lines includes a page index monitor and a page index tracker coupled to the page index monitor. The page index monitor is configured to update a thrashing value associated with a cache line identified by a first page index. The page index includes a tracking controller and a replacement tracking store. The tracking controller is configured to store a first tag and a second tag in the replacement tracking store when a first data stored in the cache line is replaced with a second data where the first data is also stored in a first main memory location identified by a first address having said first page index and said first tag, and the second data is stored in a second main memory location identified by a second address having the first page index and the second tag.