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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Takamura, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cache memory device includes a data array structure including a plurality of entries identified by indices and including, for each entry, data acquired by a fetch operation or prefetch operation and a reference count associated with the data. The reference count holds a value obtained by subtracting a count at which the entry has been referred to by the fetch operation, from a count at which the entry has been referred to by the prefetch operation. As for an entry created by the prefetch operation, a prefetch device inhibits replacement of the entry until the value of the reference count of the entry becomes 0.