Patents by Inventor John P. McCardle, II

John P. McCardle, II 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).

  • Publication number: 20090300293
    Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamically partitioning a cache and maintaining cache coherency are provided. In an embodiment, a system for processing memory requests includes a cache and a cache controller configured to compare a memory address and a type of a received memory request to a memory address and a type, respectively, corresponding to a cache line of the cache to determine whether the memory request hits on the cache line. In another embodiment, a method for processing fetch memory requests includes receiving a memory request and determining if the memory request hits on a cache line of a cache by determining if a memory address and a type of the memory request match a memory address and a type, respectively, corresponding to a cache line of the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. MANTOR, Brian A. Buchner, John P. McCardle, II