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Patent Inventor Names
Robert P. Masleid0
James Van Zoeren0
John Banning0
Paul Serris0
Alexander Klaiber0
Guillermo Rozas0
Date of Patent
May 25, 2010
Patent Application Number
11583463
Date Filed
October 18, 2006
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Patent abstract
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data in an N-way set associative cache with N data array banks is disclosed. On a cache fill corresponding to a particular way, a portion of each cache line (called a chunk) is placed in each data array bank. On a processor load seeking a requested chunk, a candidate chunk is retrieved from each data array bank and the requested chunk is selected from among the candidates.
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