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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Anoop Mukker, Folsom, CA (US);
Zohar Bogin, Folsom, CA (US);
Tuong Trieu, Folsom, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anoop Mukker, Folsom, CA (US);
Zohar Bogin, Folsom, CA (US);
Tuong Trieu, Folsom, CA (US);
Aditya Navale, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dedicating cache entries to certain streams for performance optimization are disclosed. The method according to the present techniques comprises partitioning a cache array into one or more special-purpose entries and one or more general-purpose entries, wherein special-purpose entries are only allocated for one or more streams having a particular stream ID.