METHOD FOR REDUCING AN IMPORTANCE LEVEL OF A CACHE LINE

Patent №

US 7,099,998

Granted

2006-08-29

Filed 2000

Owner

INTEL CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09539839

A method for reducing an importance level of a line in a memory of a cache. An instruction is provided to the cache, the instruction indicating that the line is a candidate for replacement. The importance level of the line may then be reduced based on the instruction. The method may increase cache hit rate and, hence, microprocessor performance.

AI classification

AI hardware0.78
Machine learning0.03
Natural language0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

INTEL CORPORATION

assignment · 110420167

Assignors

BERKOVITS, ARIEL

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