发明名称 |
Dirty cacheline duplication |
摘要 |
A method of managing memory includes installing a first cacheline at a first location in a cache memory and receiving a write request. In response to the write request, the first cacheline is modified in accordance with the write request and marked as dirty. Also in response to the write request, a second cacheline is installed that duplicates the first cacheline, as modified in accordance with the write request, at a second location in the cache memory. |
申请公布号 |
US9229803(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.01.05 |
申请号 |
US201213720536 |
申请日期 |
2012.12.19 |
申请人 |
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. |
发明人 |
Loh Gabriel H.;Sridharan Vilas K.;O'Connor James M.;Sim Jaewoong |
分类号 |
G06F11/10;G06F12/08 |
主分类号 |
G06F11/10 |
代理机构 |
Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP |
代理人 |
Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of managing memory, comprising:
installing a first cacheline at a first location in a cache memory; receiving a first write request; and in response to the first write request:
modifying a content of the first cacheline in accordance with the first write request;marking the first cacheline as dirty; andinstalling a second cacheline at a second location in the cache memory so that the first cacheline and the second cacheline are concurrently stored in the same cache memory, wherein a content of the second cacheline is a duplicate of the content of the first cacheline after the content of the first cacheline has been modified in accordance with the first write request. |
地址 |
Sunnyvale CA US |