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Patent No.:

US 8930616 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2012

System refresh in cache memory

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Margaret McNamara

Primary Examiner:

Arpan P Savla

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06F 13/1636 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G06F 13/16 (2013.01); G11C 11/40607 (2013.01); G06F 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 13/1605 (2013.01); G11C 11/40603 (2013.01);
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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Blake, Michael. (2015). System refresh in cache memory (U.S. Patent No. 8930616). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8930616

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