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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ravi Kumar Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);
Bryan Ronald Hunt, Austin, TX (US);
William John Starke, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 ;
Abstract
A cache memory provides a mechanism for storing and retrieving values wherein a hardware mechanism such as a partial address field selector is combined with an software generated selector in order to access specific congruence classes within a cache. Assignment of software generated selectors to specific types of data can be made in order to allow an operating system or application to efficiently manage cache usage.