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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew T. Forsyth, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ramacharan Sundararaman, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Eric Sprangle, Austin, TX (US);
John C. Mejia, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Douglas M. Carmean, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Edward T. Grochowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert D. Cavin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor includes a decode logic to receive and decode a first memory access instruction to store data in a cache memory with a replacement state indicator of a first level, and to send the decoded first memory access instruction to a control logic. In turn, the control logic is to store the data in a first way of a first set of the cache memory and to store the replacement state indicator of the first level in a metadata field of the first way responsive to the decoded first memory access instruction. Other embodiments are described and claimed.