×

PROCESSORS HAVING VIRTUALLY CLUSTERED CORES AND CACHE SLICES

  • US 20140189239A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2012
  • Published: 07/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A processor comprising:

  • a plurality of logical processors each having one or more corresponding lower level caches;

    a shared higher level cache that is shared by the plurality of logical processors, in which the shared higher level cache includes a distributed cache slice for each of the logical processors; and

    logic to direct an access that misses in one or more lower level caches of a corresponding logical processor to a subset of the distributed cache slices in a virtual cluster that corresponds to the logical processor.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×