Coarse tag replacement

An embodiment of a memory apparatus may include a tag cache to cache tag information, and a memory controller communicatively coupled to the tag cache to determine if a request for a memory line results in a tag cache miss, bring tag information for the missed memory line into the tag cache if the r...

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Main Authors Aboulenein, Nagi, Wang, Zhe, Chishti, Zeshan A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.04.2020
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:An embodiment of a memory apparatus may include a tag cache to cache tag information, and a memory controller communicatively coupled to the tag cache to determine if a request for a memory line results in a tag cache miss, bring tag information for the missed memory line into the tag cache if the request results in a cache miss, and bring tag information for at least one additional memory line adjacent to the missed memory line into the tag cache if the request results in a cache miss. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715636072