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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);
Jerry D. Lewis, Round Rock, TX (US);
Warren E. Maule, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);
Jerry D. Lewis, Round Rock, TX (US);
Warren E. Maule, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of data processing in a processing unit supported by a memory hierarchy includes the processing unit performing a plurality of memory accesses to the memory hierarchy. The plurality of memory accesses includes one or more memory accesses targeting a full cache line of data. The processing unit monitors utilization of data accessed by the plurality of memory accesses, and based upon the utilization of the data, dynamically alters a memory access mode of operation so that a subsequent storage-modifying memory access targets less than a full cache line of data.