Patents by Inventor Lingjun Fan

Lingjun Fan 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).

  • Dynamic set associative cache apparatus for processor and access method thereof
    Patent number: 9880937
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic set associative cache apparatus for a processor. When read access occurs, the apparatus first determines a valid/invalid bit of each cache block in a cache set to be accessed, and sets, according to the valid/invalid bit of each cache block, an enable/disable bit of a cache way in which the cache block is located; then, reads valid cache blocks, compares a tag section in a memory address with a tag block in each cache block that is read, and if there is a hit, reads data from a data block in a hit cache block according to an offset section of the memory address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingjun Fan, Shibin Tang, Da Wang, Hao Zhang, Dongrui Fan
  • DYNAMIC SET ASSOCIATIVE CACHE APPARATUS FOR PROCESSOR AND ACCESS METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140344522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic set associative cache apparatus for a processor. When read access occurs, the apparatus first determines a valid/invalid bit of each cache block in a cache set to be accessed, and sets, according to the valid/invalid bit of each cache block, an enable/disable bit of a cache way in which the cache block is located; then, reads valid cache blocks, compares a tag section in a memory address with a tag block in each cache block that is read, and if there is a hit, reads data from a data block in a hit cache block according to an offset section of the memory address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Lingjun Fan, Shibin Tang, Da Wang, Hao Zhang, Dongrui Fan