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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Syed Ali Jafri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yasuko Eckert, Kirkland, WA (US);

Srilatha Manne, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/127 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/123 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract

A level of cache memory receives modified data from a higher level of cache memory. A set of cache lines with an index associated with the modified data is identified. The modified data is stored in the set in a cache line with an eviction priority that is at least as high as an eviction priority, before the modified data is stored, of an unmodified cache line with a highest eviction priority among unmodified cache lines in the set.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Jafri, Syed. (2016). Early write-back of modified data in a cache memory (U.S. Patent No. 9378153). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9378153

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