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Cache directory look-up re-use as conflict check mechanism for speculative memory requests

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1093237

In a cache memory, energy and other efficiencies can be realized by saving a result of a cache directory lookup for sequential accesses to a same memory address. Where the cache is a point of coherence for speculative execution in a multiprocessor system, with directory lookups serving as the point of conflict detection, such saving becomes particularly advantageous.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,533,399
Application Number:
12/984,252
OSTI ID:
1093237
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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