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Method and apparatus for managing internal caches and external caches in a data processing system

US6507891B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1999
Grant dateJan 14, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus in a data processing system for caching data in an internal cache and in an external cache. A set of fragments is received for caching. A location is identified to store each fragment within the plurality of fragments based on a rate of change of data in each fragment. The set of fragments is stored in the internal cache and the external cache using the location identified for each fragment within the plurality of fragments.

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