Method and apparatus for performing function evaluation using a cache
US5774386A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F17/17
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interpolation system that breaks a color transform interpolation function into several suboperations or subfunctions. The subfunctions produce intermediate function results. The intermediate results are stored in a cache as the function is evaluated. Cache management operations locate and assign a cache cell to the intermediate results. In a subsequent evaluation that requires the same intermediate results, the intermediate results are obtained from the cache. The cache look-up rapidly provides the intermediate results which are then used to complete the function evaluation.
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