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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2005
Applicants:

Norbert Hagspiel, Tuebingen, DE;

Erwin Pfeffer, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Bruce A. Wagar, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Inventors:

Norbert Hagspiel, Tuebingen, DE;

Erwin Pfeffer, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Bruce A. Wagar, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for implementing a dual-addressable cache is provided. The method includes adding fields for indirect indices to each congruence class provided in a cache directory. The cache directory is indexed by primary addresses. In response to a request for a primary address based upon a known secondary address corresponding to the primary address, the method also includes generating an index for the secondary address, and inserting or updating one of the indirect indices into one of the fields for a congruence class relating to the secondary address. The indirect index is assigned a value of a virtual index corresponding to the primary address. The method further includes searching congruence classes of each of the indirect indices for the secondary address.


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