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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2002
Sham M. Datta, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Kushagra V. Vaid, San Jose, CA (US);
William A. Stevens, Folsom, CA (US);
Amy Lynn Santoni, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sham M. Datta, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Kushagra V. Vaid, San Jose, CA (US);
William A. Stevens, Folsom, CA (US);
Amy Lynn Santoni, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a computer boot method allows choosing a predetermined data block alignment for a cache that has multiple cross processor interactions. A cache RAM column of a cache as RAM system is loaded with a tag to prevent unintended cache line evictions, and boot code is executed, with the preloaded cache RAM appearing to the executing boot code stream as a memory store.