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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
R. Frank O'Bleness, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sujat Jamil, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Tom Hameenanttila, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joseph Delgross, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A cache management unit manages allocation and configuration of a cache memory that is utilized by a multi-threaded processor. In some implementations, the cache management unit is configured to determine a number of active threads being executed by the multi-threaded processor, assign a separate cache unit to each active thread when the number of active threads is equal to a maximum number of active threads supported by the multi-threaded processor, and assign more than one cache unit to an active thread when the number of active threads is less than the maximum number of active threads.