Advanced micro devices, inc. (20240111425). TAG AND DATA CONFIGURATION FOR FINE-GRAINED CACHE MEMORY simplified abstract

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TAG AND DATA CONFIGURATION FOR FINE-GRAINED CACHE MEMORY

Organization Name

advanced micro devices, inc.

Inventor(s)

Jagadish B. Kotra of Austin TX (US)

Marko Scrbak of Austin TX (US)

TAG AND DATA CONFIGURATION FOR FINE-GRAINED CACHE MEMORY - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240111425 titled 'TAG AND DATA CONFIGURATION FOR FINE-GRAINED CACHE MEMORY

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method for operating a memory with multiple banks and grains accessible in parallel, where data for a memory access request is spread across multiple grains of the banks.

  • The method involves identifying a set that stores data for a memory access request spread across multiple grains.
  • Operations are then performed using entries of the set stored across the multiple grains to satisfy the memory access request.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in:

  • High-performance computing systems
  • Data centers
  • Networking equipment

Problems Solved

This technology helps in:

  • Improving memory access speed
  • Enhancing overall system performance
  • Optimizing memory utilization

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

  • Faster data retrieval
  • Efficient memory management
  • Enhanced system reliability

Potential Commercial Applications

This technology could be commercially applied in:

  • Server systems
  • Supercomputers
  • Cloud computing infrastructure

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art for this technology could be the use of multi-bank memory architectures in high-performance computing systems.

=== What are the specific technical details of the memory access request process described in the method? The specific technical details of how the memory access request is identified, and the set spread across multiple grains is determined, are not provided in the abstract.

=== How does this method compare to existing memory access techniques in terms of efficiency and speed? The abstract does not provide a direct comparison of this method to existing memory access techniques in terms of efficiency and speed.


Original Abstract Submitted

a method for operating a memory having a plurality of banks accessible in parallel, each bank including a plurality of grains accessible in parallel is provided. the method includes: based on a memory access request that specifies a memory address, identifying a set that stores data for the memory access request, wherein the set is spread across multiple grains of the plurality of grains; and performing operations to satisfy the memory access request, using entries of the set stored across the multiple grains of the plurality of grains.