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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Hazuki Kawai, Kyoto, JP;
Ryuta Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Shuji Miyasaka, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hazuki Kawai, Kyoto, JP;
Ryuta Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Shuji Miyasaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cache memory according to the present invention includes a W flag setting unit that modifies order data indicating an access order per cache entry that holds a data unit of a cache so as to reflect an actual access order and a replace unit that selects a cache entry for replacement based on the modified order data and replaces the cache entry.