ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,252, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SiFive Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Data storage in non-inclusive cache" was invented by Wesley Waylon Terpstra (San Mateo, Calif.) and Richard Van (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for data storage in a non-inclusive cache. An integrated circuit includes a cache that includes a databank with multiple entries configured to store respective cache lines and an array of cache tags. Each cache tag includes a data pointer that points to an entry in the databank. A method includes allocating the entry in the databank to the cache including the array of cache tags ...