System and method for updating data in a cache

System and method for updating data in a cache

In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to receive a request to write data to a first portion of the cache, write the data to the first portion of the cache, update a first map corresponding to the first portio...

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Hauptverfasser: SHAFFER CHRISTOPHER AUGUST, KRUEGER PHILLIP E, PETERSON SCOTT DAVID
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:In one embodiment, a computing system includes a cache having one or more memories and a cache manager. The cache manager is able to receive a request to write data to a first portion of the cache, write the data to the first portion of the cache, update a first map corresponding to the first portion of the cache, receive a request to read data from the first portion of the cache, read from a storage communicatively linked to the computing system data according to the first map, and update a second map corresponding to the first portion of the cache. The cache manager may also be able to write data to the storage according to the first map.