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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell N. Mirov, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michel Cekleov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Young, Mountain View, CA (US);
William M. Baldwin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/30 ; G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/30 ; G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
A method for operating a cache having a sleep mode is provided. The cache is located within a memory hierarchy of a computer system, and the method is comprised of receiving a first cache request, and servicing the first cache request. A sleep mode signal is asserted in response to completion of the servicing of the first cache request. Thereafter, a second cache request is received, and the sleep mode signal is deasserted in response to receiving the second cache request. Thereafter, the second cache request is serviced.