Integrated processor/memory device with victim data cache

Details Integrated processor/memory device with victim data cache Integrated processor/memory device with victim data cache

1996-07-01

1999-05-04

Swann, Tod R.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

711122, G06F 1208, G06F 1578

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active

059000112

ABSTRACT:
An integrated processor/memory device comprising a main memory, a CPU, a victim cache, and a primary cache. The main memory comprises main memory banks. The victim cache stores victim cache sub-lines of words. Each of the victim cache sub-lines has a corresponding memory location in the main memory. When the CPU issues an address in the address space of the main memory, the victim cache determines whether a victim cache hit or miss has occurred in the victim cache. And, when a victim cache miss occurs, the victim cache replaces a selected victim cache sub-line of the victim cache sub-lines in the victim cache with a new victim cache sub-line. The primary cache comprises primary cache banks. Each of the primary cache banks stores one or more cache lines of words. Each cache line has a corresponding memory location in the corresponding main memory bank. When the CPU issues an address in the portion of the address space of the corresponding main memory bank, the corresponding primary cache bank determines whether a cache hit or a cache miss has occurred. When a cache miss occurs, the primary cache bank replaces a victim cache line of the cache lines in the primary cache bank with a new cache line from the corresponding memory location in the corresponding main memory bank specified by the issued address and routs a sub-line of the victim cache line as the new victim cache sub-line.

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