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Patent No.:

US 8266381 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2008
Applicants:

Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);

Gheorghe C. Cascaval, Carmel, NY (US);

Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

William E. Speight, Austin, TX (US);

Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ravi K. Arimilli, Austin, TX (US);

Gheorghe C. Cascaval, Carmel, NY (US);

Balaram Sinharoy, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

William E. Speight, Austin, TX (US);

Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In at least one embodiment, a processor detects during execution of program code whether a load instruction within the program code is associated with a hint. In response to detecting that the load instruction is not associated with a hint, the processor retrieves a full cache line of data from the memory hierarchy into the processor in response to the load instruction. In response to detecting that the load instruction is associated with a hint, a processor retrieves a partial cache line of data into the processor from the memory hierarchy in response to the load instruction.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Arimilli, Ravi. (2012). Varying an amount of data retrieved from memory based upon an instruction hint (U.S. Patent No. 8266381). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8266381

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