Cache used both as cache and staging buffer
US8176257B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a cache comprises a data memory comprising a plurality of data entries, each data entry having capacity to store a cache block of data, and a cache control unit coupled to the data memory. The cache control unit is configured to dynamically allocate a given data entry in the data memory to store a cache block being cached or to store data that is not being cache but is being staged for retransmission on an interface to which the cache is coupled.
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