| CPC G06F 12/0813 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A computer-implemented method for storing data in a repurposed cache memory in a computing system, the method comprising:
determining that a memory operation from a first processing unit results in a miss in a system level cache memory;
retrieving data associated with the memory operation from a system memory;
generating a candidate vector that specifies a direction from the system level cache memory to the first processing unit;
selecting a repurposed level two cache memory based on the candidate vector; and
storing the data in a cache line of the repurposed level two cache memory.
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