Automated cache manager for storage devices
US5946708A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0866
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of an automated cache manager includes a word/block converter, which generates a word count from a valid cache block register, a current block register, and a total block transfer register. For example, the word/block converter obtains the number of valid cache blocks and calculates a partial transfer length based on the number of valid cache blocks, the total block transfer length, and the maximum partial transfer length. The automated cache manager then initiates a partial transfer with the calculated partial transfer length.
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