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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004

Filed:

May. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Salvador Palanca, Gold River, CA (US);

Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract

A cache controller is presented having at least one register. The cache controller is connected to a cache memory, which is connected to the register. The cache controller dynamically selects between a cache management scheme based on a maximum number of programmable writeback entries and a cache management scheme allowing both writeback entries and incoming core requests to be allocated based on priority. Also presented is a device having a single request queue and a corresponding single set of buffers. The device dynamically selects between a cache management scheme based on a maximum number of programmable writeback entries and a cache management scheme allowing both writeback entries and incoming core requests to be allocated based on priority.


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