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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Timothy C. Bronson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael Fee, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Arthur J. O'neill, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Scott B. Swaney, Germantown, NY (US);
Timothy C. Bronson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael Fee, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Arthur J. O'Neill, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Scott B. Swaney, Germantown, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Controlling refresh request transmission rates in a cache comprising: a refresh requestor configured to transmit a refresh request to a cache memory at a first refresh rate, the first refresh rate comprising an interval, the interval comprising receiving a plurality of first signals, the first refresh rate corresponding to a maximum refresh rate, and a refresh counter operatively coupled to the refresh requestor and configured to reset in response to receiving a second signal, increment in response to receiving each of a plurality of refresh requests from the refresh requestor, and reset and transmit a current count to the refresh requestor in response to receiving a third signal, wherein the refresh requestor is configured to transmit a refresh request at a second refresh rate, in response to receiving the current count from the refresh counter and determining that the current count is greater than a refresh threshold.