Multi-stage pipeline for cache access
US8117395B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a command processing pipeline to be operatively coupled to a shared cache, the command processing pipeline comprising a command processing pipeline operatively coupled to the N-way cache and configured to process a sequence of cache commands, wherein a way of the N ways of the cache with which an address of a cache command matches is a hit way for the cache command in case the cache command is a hit. In one embodiment, the command processing pipeline may be configured to receive a first cache command from one of the plurality of processing cores, select a way, from the N ways, as a potential eviction way, and generate, based at least in part on the received first cache command, N selection signals corresponding to the N ways, wherein each selection signal is indicative of whether the corresponding way is (A). the hit way and/or the eviction way, or (B). neither the hit way nor the eviction way. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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