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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:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Ruchi Wadhawan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason M. Kassoff, Denver, CO (US);
George Kong Yiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ruchi Wadhawan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason M. Kassoff, Denver, CO (US);
George Kong Yiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a cache comprises a data memory comprising a plurality of data entries, each data entry having capacity to store a cache block of data, and a cache control unit coupled to the data memory. The cache control unit is configured to dynamically allocate a given data entry in the data memory to store a cache block being cached or to store data that is not being cache but is being staged for retransmission on an interface to which the cache is coupled.