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SECTORED CACHE REPLACEMENT ALGORITHM FOR REDUCING MEMORY WRITEBACKS

  • US 20100325365A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2009
  • Published: 12/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for selecting a cache sector among a plurality of cache sectors for replacement in a computer system, said method comprising:

  • determining a first set of cache sectors among said plurality of cache sectors, wherein each of said first set of cache sectors has the least amount of modified data among said plurality of cache sectors and is not the most recently used cache sector; and

    selecting a first single cache sector for replacement if said first set of cache sectors comprises one cache sector.

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