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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Lisa Hsu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Lisa Hsu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/126 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a cache. The cache includes a plurality of storage locations, each having a priority associated therewith, and wherein the cache evicts data from one or more of the storage locations based on the priority associated therewith. The method comprises: storing historical information regarding data being evicted from the cache; retrieving data from a secondary memory in response to a miss in the cache; assigning a priority to the retrieved data based on the historical information; and storing the retrieved data in the cache with an indication of the assigned priority.