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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ariel Szapiro, Tel Aviv, IL;
Alexander Gendler, Kiriat motzkin, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/006 (2013.01); G06F 11/1064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described that includes reading a cache tag and the cache tag's corresponding ECC from storage circuitry of a cache. The method also includes generating an ECC for a search tag. The method also includes calculating a hamming distance between a) the cache tag and its corresponding ECC and b) the search tag and its corresponding ECC. The method also includes determining if the cache tag matches the search tag by determining if said hamming distance is two or less.