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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:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Todd D. Erdner, Austin, TX (US);
Bradley G. Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
Heather L. Hanson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Todd D. Erdner, Austin, TX (US);
Bradley G. Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
Heather L. Hanson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cache way replacement technique to identify and replace a least-recently used cache way. A cache way replacement technique in which a least-recently used cache way is identified and replaced, such that the replacement of cache ways over time is substantially evenly distributed among a set of cache ways in a cache memory. A least-recently used cache way is identified in a cache memory having a non-binary number of cache ways.