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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert John Loper, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Soummya Mallick, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575005 ; 39575001 ; 39575003 ; 711128 ;
Abstract
While a set-associative cache memory operates in a first power mode, information is stored in up to N number of ways of the cache memory, where N is an integer number and N>1. While the cache memory operates in a second power mode, the information is stored in up to M number of ways of the cache memory, where M is an integer number and 0<M<N.