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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Michael G. Butler, San Jose, CA (US);
Magnus Ekman, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0864 (2016.01); G06F 12/0853 (2016.01); G06F 12/0811 (2016.01); G06F 12/0855 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 12/0853 (2013.01); G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0857 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6032 (2013.04); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for accessing a cache memory structure includes dividing a multiple cache elements of a cache memory structure into multiple groups. A serial probing process of the multiple groups is performed. Upon a tag hit resulting from the serial probing process, the probing process for remaining groups exits.