18477207. DYNAMIC CACHE FILL PRIORIZATION (INTEL CORPORATION)

DYNAMIC CACHE FILL PRIORIZATION

Organization Name

INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Ashmita Sinha of New Delhi IN

Joseph Nuzman of Haifa IL

DYNAMIC CACHE FILL PRIORIZATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18477207 titled 'DYNAMIC CACHE FILL PRIORIZATION

Original Abstract Submitted

Techniques for dynamic cache fill prioritization are described. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a cache at a mid-level of a cache hierarchy; and a mid-level cache (MLC) unit including the cache, a local queue to store MLC lookup requests, an external queue to store MLC fill requests, and an MLC access control hardware. The MLC access control hardware is to dynamically switch prioritization of servicing the MLC lookup requests versus servicing the MLC fill requests.