Victim cache using direct intervention

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2007-10-25

2010-11-02

Chery, Mardochee (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

C711S121000, C711S124000, C711S119000, C711S133000, C711SE12023, C711SE12024

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07827354

ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and device for enabling intervention across same-level cache memories. In a preferred embodiment, responsive to a cache miss in a first cache memory a direct intervention request is sent from the first cache memory to a second cache memory requesting a direct intervention that satisfies the cache miss. In an alternate embodiment, direct intervention is utilized to access a same-level victim cache.

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