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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:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Ali-reza Adl-tabatabai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anwar M. Ghuloum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anwar M. Ghuloum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a cache memory coupled to the CPU and a cache controller coupled to the cache memory. The cache memory includes a plurality of compressible cache lines to store additional data. The cache controller includes compression logic to compress one or more of the plurality of cache lines into compressed cache lines, and hint logic to store hint information in unused space within the compressed cache lines.