Method and apparatus for appending buffer areas to requested memory
US7428616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processing apparatus has a CPU, a memory, a cache memory and a cache controller. When an acquisition of an area of a prescribed size is requested in the memory, a size equivalent to at least two lines serving as a cache unit is added to the prescribed size requested and this area is reserved in the memory. The area reserved is allocated to an uncacheable memory area of this memory.
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