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Patent Inventor Names
Ronak Singhal0
Christopher J. Shannon0
Glenn Hinton0
Hermann Gartler0
Per Hammarlund0
Date of Patent
July 13, 2010
Patent Application Number
11374222
Date Filed
March 13, 2006
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Patent abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a cache access request for data present in a lower-level cache line of a lower-level cache, and sending recency information regarding the lower-level cache line to a higher-level cache. The higher-level cache may be inclusive with the lower-level cache and may update age data associated with the cache line, thus reducing the likelihood of eviction of the cache line. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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