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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lena E. Olson, Madison, WI (US);
Yasuko Eckert, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vilas K. Sridharan, Brookline, MA (US);
James M. O'Connor, Austin, TX (US);
Mark D. Hill, Madison, WI (US);
Srilatha Manne, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/0848 (2013.01); G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 12/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of partitioning a data cache comprising a plurality of sets, the plurality of sets comprising a plurality of ways, is provided. Responsive to a stack data request, the method stores a cache line associated with the stack data in one of a plurality of designated ways of the data cache, wherein the plurality of designated ways is configured to store all requested stack data.