Virtual cache tag renaming for synonym handling
US10977175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/152
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of handling access demands in a virtual cache comprising, by a processing system, checking if a virtual cache access demand missed because of a synonym tagged in the virtual cache; in response to the virtual cache access demand missing because of a synonym tagged in the virtual cache, updating the virtual address tag in the virtual cache to a new virtual address tag; searching for additional synonyms tagged in the virtual cache; and in response to finding additional synonyms tagged in the virtual cache, updating the virtual address tag of the additional synonyms to the new virtual address tag.
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