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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Robert D. Bateman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Robert D. Bateman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method by which one or more ways of a cache may be locked so that they are not overwritten with data. Further, the ways of a cache that are locked may be given higher priority than the most recently used or accessed ways.