| CPC G06F 12/0802 (2013.01) [H04L 9/32 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An apparatus comprising:
first circuitry to detect that data is to be cached, and to perform an evaluation, based on the data and a predefined criteria, of whether a line of a cache is able to accommodate a first representation of both the data and metadata corresponding to the data; and
second circuitry coupled to the first circuitry, the second circuitry to detect, based on the evaluation, either one of:
a first condition wherein the line is able to accommodate the first representation; or
a second condition wherein the line is unable to accommodate the first representation;
wherein, based on the first condition, the second circuitry is to:
generate the first representation based on the data and the metadata; and
store the first representation to the line; and
wherein, based on the second condition, the second circuitry is to:
generate a second representation based on the data;
store the second representation to the line; and
store the metadata to a sequestered memory region which is external to the cache.
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