发明名称 |
Methods and apparatus for true least recently used (LRU) bit encoding for multi-way associative caches |
摘要 |
Two techniques are provided for implementing a least recently used (LRU) replacement algorithm for multi-way associative caches. A first method uses a special encoding of the LRU list to allow write only update of the list. The LRU list need only be read when a miss occurs and a replacement is needed. In a second method, the LRU list is integrated into the tags for each "way" of the multi-way associative cache. Updating of the list is done by writing only the "way" of the cache that hits.
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申请公布号 |
US6078995(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.06.20 |
申请号 |
US19960774965 |
申请日期 |
1996.12.26 |
申请人 |
MICRO MAGIC, INC. |
发明人 |
BEWICK, GARY;GOLENBIESKI, JOHN M. |
分类号 |
G06F12/12;(IPC1-7):G06F12/00;G06F13/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F12/12 |
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