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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Varghese George, Folsom, CA (US);
Michael Robert Mroczek, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus defer correction of an error in a tag entry of a cache tag array. An address of requested data, including an address tag field, can be received by a cache. A first hit indication based at least in part on a comparison of the address tag field and a first tag entry can be generated and result in outputting of a first data entry of a data array. An error in the tag entry can be detected, and the first data entry can be disregard based at least in part on the detected error.