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Method And System To Reduce The Power Consumption Of A Memory Device
Abstract: A method and system to reduce the power consumption of a memory device. In one embodiment of the invention the memory device is a N-way set-associative level one (L1) cache memory and there is logic coupled with the data cache memory to facilitate access to only part of the N-ways of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory in response to a load instruction or a store instruction. By reducing the number of ways to access the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory for each load or store request the power requirements of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory is reduced in one embodiment of the invention. In one embodiment of the invention when a prediction is made that the accesses to cache memory only requires the data arrays of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory the access to the fill buffers are deactivated or disabled.
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Patent Information
Applicants
INTEL CORPORATION
Inventors
1. COHEN Ehud
2. MARGULIS Oleg
3. SADE Rannan
4. SHWARTSMAN Stanisla
Specification
A method and system to reduce the power consumption of a memory device. In one embodiment of the invention the memory device is a N-way set-associative level one (L1) cache memory and there is logic coupled with the data cache memory to facilitate access to only part of the N-ways of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory in response to a load instruction or a store instruction. By reducing the number of ways to access the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory for each load or store request the power requirements of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory is reduced in one embodiment of the invention. In one embodiment of the invention when a prediction is made that the accesses to cache memory only requires the data arrays of the N-way set-associative L1 cache memory the access to the fill buffers are deactivated or disabled.
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Application Documents
| # | Name | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Form-1.pdf | 2012-12-18 |
| 2 | Drawings.pdf | 2012-12-18 |
| 3 | 10425-CHENP-2012 CORRESPONDENCE OTHERS 08-01-2013.pdf | 2013-01-08 |
| 4 | 10425-CHENP-2012 FORM-18 08-01-2013.pdf | 2013-01-08 |
| 5 | 10425-CHENP-2012 ASSIGNMENT 04-02-2013.pdf | 2013-02-04 |
| 6 | 10425-CHENP-2012 CORRESPONDENCE OTHERS 04-02-2013.pdf | 2013-02-04 |
| 7 | 10425-CHENP-2012 POWER OF ATTORNEY 14-06-2013.pdf | 2013-06-14 |
| 8 | 10425-CHENP-2012 CORRESPONDENCE OTHERS 14-06-2013.pdf | 2013-06-14 |
| 9 | FORM-2.pdf | 2014-12-06 |
| 10 | ABSTRACT.pdf | 2014-12-06 |
| 11 | abstract-10425-CHENP-2012.JPG | 2014-12-06 |
| 12 | 10425-CHENP-2012-FER.pdf | 2019-01-16 |
| 13 | 10425-CHENP-2012-FORM 3 [19-06-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-06-19 |
| 14 | 10425-CHENP-2012-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [01-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-01 |
| 15 | 10425-CHENP-2012-FORM 13 [01-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-01 |
| 16 | 10425-CHENP-2012-Proof of Right (MANDATORY) [05-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-05 |
| 17 | 10425-CHENP-2012-OTHERS [05-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-05 |
| 18 | 10425-CHENP-2012-FER_SER_REPLY [05-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-05 |
| 19 | 10425-CHENP-2012-CLAIMS [05-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-05 |
| 20 | 10425-CHENP-2012-ABSTRACT [05-07-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-07-05 |
| 21 | Correspondence by Agent_Assignment_08-07-2019.pdf | 2019-07-08 |
| 22 | 10425-CHENP-2012-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-03-03-2023).pdf | 2023-02-01 |
| 23 | 10425-CHENP-2012-Correspondence to notify the Controller [03-02-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-02-03 |
| 24 | 10425-CHENP-2012-Correspondence to notify the Controller [02-03-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-03-02 |
Search Strategy
| 1 | 10425_04-01-2019.pdf |