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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Worcester, MA (US);
Harikrishna B. Baliga, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lokpraveen B. Mosur, Worcester, MA (US);
Harikrishna B. Baliga, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for rapidly flushing a cache memory device, including a list structure to track changes in a cache, which may be implemented on the processor die separate from the cache memory. The list structure allows for access to a relatively small store of data to determine whether or not a cache entry needs to be written to the main memory. Choosing the format of the list structure, allows one to make tradeoffs between area needed on a chip and the amount of efficiency in the cache flushing process.