Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for replacing at least one cache region selected from a plurality of cache regions, wherein each of the regions is composed of a plurality of blocks is disclosed. The method includes applying a first algorithm to the plurality of cache regions to limit the number of potential candidate regions to a preset value, wherein the first algorithm assesses the ability of a region to be replaced based on properties of the plurality of blocks associated with that region; and designating at least one of the limited potential candidate regions as a victim based region level information associated with each of the limited potential candidate regions.

Abstract: Memory controller page management devices, systems, and methods are disclosed in which a memory controller is configured to access memory in response to a memory access request by applying a scheduler-aware page management policy to at least one memory page based in the memory based on row buffer status information for the pending memory access requests scheduled in a current cycles.