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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Christian Habermann, Boeblingen, DE;
Christian Jacobi, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Martin Recktenwald, Schonaich, DE;
Hans-Werner Tast, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A hierarchical cache structure comprises at least one higher level cache comprising a unified cache array for data and instructions and at least two lower level caches, each split in an instruction cache and a data cache. An instruction cache and a data cache of a split second level cache are connected to a third level cache; and an instruction cache of a split first level cache is connected to the instruction cache of the split second level cache, and a data cache of the split first level cache is connected to the instruction cache and the data cache of the split second level cache.