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US 2010/0077148 A1Published application
Method and Apparatus for Configuring a Unified Cache
AssigneeFreescale Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorWilliam C. Moyer
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Abstract
A method of configuring a unified cache includes identifying unified cache way assignment combinations for an application unit. Each combination has an associated error rate. A combination is selected based at least in part on the associated error rate. The unified cache is configured in accordance with the selected combination for execution of the application-unit.
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A method of configuring a unified cache, comprising:
- (a) identifying unified cache way assignment combinations for an application unit, wherein each combination has an associated error rate;
- (b) selecting a selected combination based at least in part on the associated error rate;
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- (c) configuring the unified cache in accordance with the selected combination for execution of the application unit.
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A method of configuring a unified cache, comprising:
- (a) identifying unified cache way assignment combinations for an application unit, wherein each combination has an associated error rate and an associated performance rating;
- (b) selecting a selected combination based on both the associated error rate and the associated performance rating;
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- (c) configuring the unified cache in accordance with the selected combination for execution of the application unit.
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A method of configuring a unified cache, comprising:
- (a) identifying unified cache way assignment combinations for an application unit, wherein each combination has an associated error rate and an associated performance rating;
- (b) selecting a selected combination based on both the associated error rate and the associated performance rating, wherein the selected combination is selected in accordance with one of a first constraint and a second constraint, wherein in accordance with the first constraint the selected combination is selected from a subset of combinations with error rates that do not exceed a pre-determined error threshold, εT and the selected combination has a performance rating no less than the performance rating of any other combination of the subset, wherein in accordance with the second constraint the selected combination is selected from a subset of combinations with performance ratings that are not less than a pre-determined performance threshold, PT, wherein the associated error rate of the selected combination is no greater than the error rate of any other combination of the subset;
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- (c) configuring the unified cache in accordance with the selected combination for execution of the application unit.
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