Victim cache using direct intervention
US7305522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/127
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and device for enabling intervention across same-level cache memories. In a preferred embodiment, responsive to a cache miss in a first cache memory a direct intervention request is sent from the first cache memory to a second cache memory requesting a direct intervention that satisfies the cache miss. In an alternate embodiment, direct intervention is utilized to access a same-level victim cache.
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