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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jin Jing, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael Man-Hak Tso, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/216 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/216 ;
Abstract
A method for maintaining a common resource shared by a plurality of entities, wherein the common resource contains a plurality of entries each of which is associated with one of the plurality of entities, includes the steps of determining an amount of the common resource occupied by entries associated with a given one of the plurality of entities; and removing a number of the associated entries from the common resource to reduce the occupied amount if the occupied amount exceeds a predetermined threshold.