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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Suresh Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Phillip Matthew Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);
Suresh Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Phillip Matthew Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of using an n-way cache are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes determining a first way of a first instruction stored in a cache and storing the first way in a list of ways. The method also includes determining a second way of a second instruction stored in the cache and storing the second way in the list of ways. In an embodiment, the first way may be used to access a first cache line containing the first instruction and the second way may be used to access a second cache line containing the second instruction.