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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel H. Loh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vilas K. Sridharan, Brookline, MA (US);
James M. O'Connor, Austin, TX (US);
Jaewoong Sim, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1064 (2013.01); G06F 12/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of managing memory includes installing a first cacheline at a first location in a cache memory and receiving a write request. In response to the write request, the first cacheline is modified in accordance with the write request and marked as dirty. Also in response to the write request, a second cacheline is installed that duplicates the first cacheline, as modified in accordance with the write request, at a second location in the cache memory.