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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Robert Edward Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
Adrian Cuenin Gerhard, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian James King, Rochester, MN (US);
William Joseph Maitland, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Jerry Schimke, Stewartville, MN (US);
Robert Edward Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
Adrian Cuenin Gerhard, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian James King, Rochester, MN (US);
William Joseph Maitland, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Jerry Schimke, Stewartville, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a first aspect, a method is provided for updating a compressed cache. The method includes the steps of (1) initiating an update routine for replacing first data stored within the cache with second data, wherein a first section of a compressed data band stored in the cache includes the first data and a second section of the compressed data band includes third data; and (2) in response to initiating the update routine, replacing the first data within the compressed data band with the second data without decompressing the third data. Numerous other aspects are provided.