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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Andrew S. Grover, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, NY (US);
Andrew S. Grover, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, NY (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system to adjust a non-volatile cache associativity are described. In one embodiment, the method and system include determining a status of the system; and setting an associativity level of the non-volatile memory cache (NVC) of the system, based on that status of the system. In one embodiment, the non-volatile memory unit is a cache of the hard disk. Furthermore, in one embodiment, determining the status of the system includes determining whether the system is a mobile computer, and if so, determining whether the system is receiving power from a battery source or AC power from a wall outlet.