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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alexander Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert P. Masleid, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
John Banning, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Van Zoeren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Serris, San Jose, CA (US);
Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alexander Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert P. Masleid, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
John Banning, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Van Zoeren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Serris, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data in an N-way set associative cache with N data array banks is disclosed. On a cache fill corresponding to a particular way, a portion of each cache line (called a chunk) is placed in each data array bank. On a processor load seeking a requested chunk, a candidate chunk is retrieved from each data array bank and the requested chunk is selected from among the candidates.