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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Robert Nychka, Canton, TX (US);
Janardan Prasad, Bangalore, IN;
Nilesh Acharya, Maharashtra, IN;
Aditya Rawal, New Delhi, IN;
Ambar Nawaz, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Robert Nychka, Canton, TX (US);
Janardan Prasad, Bangalore, IN;
Nilesh Acharya, Maharashtra, IN;
Aditya Rawal, New Delhi, IN;
Ambar Nawaz, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A digital system is provided with a hierarchical memory system having at least a first and second level cache and a higher level memory. If a requested data item misses in both the first cache level and in the second cache level, a line of data containing the requested data is obtained from a higher level of the hierarchical memory system. The line of data is allocated to both the first cache level and to the second cache level simultaneously.