Method and apparatus for cache index hashing

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for storing image information in a cache memory, said computer product comprising:
• computer readable code configured to cause said computer product to obtain a result index by performing a logical operation on an index based on coordinates of said image information using a tag based on coordinates of said image information;
• and
• computer readable code configured to cause said computer product to store said image information in a cache memory location using said result index as a memory index, wherein said image information is at least two dimensional, coordinates of index information is in a first dimension and coordinates of tag information is in a second dimension.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a cache memory coupled to said processor;
• and
• code stored in said cache memory executed by said processor for storing image information in said cache memory wherein said image information is at least two dimensional, and coordinates of said index information is in a first dimension and coordinates of tag information is in a second dimension comprising:
• said code comprising:
• a method for providing instructions to obtain a result index by performing a logical operation on an index based on coordinates of said image information using a tag based on coordinates of said image information;
• and
• a method storing said image information in said cache memory location using result index as a memory index.