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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Harold W. Cain, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Jong-deok Choi, Seongnam, KR;
Pratak Pattnaik, Ossining, NY (US);
Mauricio J. Serrano, Bronx, NY (US);
Inventors:
Harold W. Cain, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Jong-Deok Choi, Seongnam, KR;
Pratak Pattnaik, Ossining, NY (US);
Mauricio J. Serrano, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for cache replacement includes: augmenting each cache block in a cache region with a region hint indicating a temporal priority of the cache block; receiving an indication that a cache miss has occurred; and selecting for eviction the cache block comprising the region hint indicating a low temporal priority.