Shared cache performance

A method and apparatus for improving shared cache performance. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a cache having multiple ways. A locality tester measures a first locality of a first process and second locality of a second process. A first set of multiple ways stores the data used by...

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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for improving shared cache performance. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a cache having multiple ways. A locality tester measures a first locality of a first process and second locality of a second process. A first set of multiple ways stores the data used by the first process and a second set of multiple ways stores the data used by the second process, where the second set is a superset of the first set.