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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Roch Georges Archambault, North York, CA;
Shimin Cui, Toronto, CA;
Chen Ding, Rochester, NY (US);
Yaoqing Gao, North York, CA;
Xiaoming Gu, Handan, CN;
Raul Esteban Silvera, Woodbridge, CA;
Chengliang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Roch Georges Archambault, North York, CA;
Shimin Cui, Toronto, CA;
Chen Ding, Rochester, NY (US);
Yaoqing Gao, North York, CA;
Xiaoming Gu, Handan, CN;
Raul Esteban Silvera, Woodbridge, CA;
Chengliang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for cache management. A cache is provided, wherein the cache is viewed as a sorted array of data elements, wherein a top position of the array is a most recently used position of the array and a bottom position of the array is a least recently used position of the array. A memory access sequence is provided, and a training operation is performed with respect to a memory access of the memory access sequence to determine a type of memory access operation to be performed with respect to the memory access. Responsive to a result of the training operation, a cache replacement operation is performed using the determined memory access operation with respect to the memory access.