Patents by Inventor Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran

Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for application-specific dynamic cache placement
    Patent number: 7836256
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for application-specific dynamic cache placement includes grouping sets of data in a cache memory system into two or more virtual partitions and processing a load/store instruction in accordance with the virtual partitions, where the load/store instruction specifies at least one of the virtual partitions to which the load/store instruction is assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas, Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran, Zehra Sura
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic priority-based cache replacement
    Patent number: 7502890
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for dynamic priority-based cache replacement includes selectively assigning relative priority values to at least a subset of data items in the cache memory system, fetching a new data item to load into the cache memory system, the data item being associated with a priority value, and selecting an existing data item from the cache memory system to replace with the new data item, in accordance with the relative priority values and the priority value of the new data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas, Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran, Zehra Sura
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION-SPECIFIC DYNAMIC CACHE PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20080270705
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for application-specific dynamic cache placement includes grouping sets of data in a cache memory system into two or more virtual partitions and processing a load/store instruction in accordance with the virtual partitions, where the load/store instruction specifies at least one of the virtual partitions to which the load/store instruction is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: KRISHNAN KUNJUNNY KAILAS, Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran, Zehra Sura
  • Method and apparatus for application-specific dynamic cache placement
    Publication number: 20080010413
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for application-specific dynamic cache placement includes grouping sets of data in a cache memory system into two or more virtual partitions and processing a load/store instruction in accordance with the virtual partitions, where the load/store instruction specifies at least one of the virtual partitions to which the load/store instruction is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas, Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran, Zehra Sura
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic priority-based cache replacement
    Publication number: 20080010414
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for dynamic priority-based cache replacement includes selectively assigning relative priority values to at least a subset of data items in the cache memory system, fetching a new data item to load into the cache memory system, the data item being associated with a priority value, and selecting an existing data item from the cache memory system to replace with the new data item, in accordance with the relative priority values and the-priority value of the new data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas, Rajiv Alazhath Ravindran, Zehra Sura