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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael A. Blake, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Timothy C. Bronson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Hieu T. Huynh, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kenneth D. Klapproth, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
System refresh in a cache memory that includes generating a refresh time period (RTIM) pulse at a centralized refresh controller of the cache memory and activating a refresh request at the centralized refresh controller based on generating the RTIM pulse. The refresh request is associated with a single cache memory bank of the cache memory. A refresh grant is received and transmitted to a bank controller. The bank controller is associated with and localized at the single cache memory bank of the cache memory.