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Cache memory system using temporal locality information and a data storage method

US8793437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2007
Grant dateJul 29, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/123
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cache memory system using temporal locality information and a data storage method are provided. The cache memory system including: a main cache which stores data accessed by a central processing unit; an extended cache which stores the data if the data is evicted from the main cache; and a separation cache which stores the data of the extended cache when the data of the extended cache is evicted from the extended cache and temporal locality information corresponding to the data of the extended cache satisfies a predetermined condition.

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