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System and method for determining sequential cache data access in progress

  • US 5,682,500 A
  • Filed: 12/12/1994
  • Issued: 10/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cache management system including a cache manager, for monitoring and controlling contents of cache memory, said cache management system comprising:

  • a timer for providing a time indication;

    a cache indexer, responsive to said time indication, for maintaining a cache index of data elements which are stored in said cache memory, said cache index of data elements including a time indication associated with each data element indexed in said cache index by said cache indexer; and

    a sequential data access indicator, responsive to detection of a plurality of sequential data elements stored in said cache memory, to a user selectable sequential data access indicator threshold value, and to a comparison of time indication associated with at least first and second sequential data elements of said plurality of detected sequential data elements, for providing an indication that at least one process is effecting a sequential data access.

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