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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Changkyu Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hughes, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yen-kuang Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Changkyu Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hughes, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yen-Kuang Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus to detect streaming data in memory is presented. In one embodiment the apparatus use reuse bits and S-bits status for cache lines wherein an S-bit status indicates the data in the cache line are potentially streaming data. To enhance the efficiency of a cache, different measures can be applied to make the streaming data become the next victim during a replacement.