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Patent No.:

US 9727469 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Men-Chow Chiang, Austin, TX (US);

Hong L. Hua, Austin, TX (US);

Mysore S. Srinivas, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/084 (2016.01); G06F 12/0855 (2016.01); G06F 12/0886 (2016.01); G06F 12/0897 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/084 (2013.01); G06F 12/0855 (2013.01); G06F 12/0886 (2013.01); G06F 12/0897 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for performance-driven cache line memory access is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a memory controller of a data processing system, a request for a cache line; dividing the request into a plurality of cache subline requests, wherein at least one of the cache subline requests comprises a high priority data request and at least one of the cache subline requests comprises a low priority data request; servicing the high priority data request; and delaying servicing of the low priority data request until a low priority condition has been satisfied.


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Bell, Jr., Robert. (2017). Performance-driven cache line memory access (U.S. Patent No. 9727469). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9727469

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