Patent ID: 6256709
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of storing two-way set associative data having odd and even number sets of data and two ways of data per set, said method comprising:storing odd number sets of the two-way set associative data in an odd set data bank such that the two ways of each odd number set are aligned horizontally within said odd set data; and,storing even number sets of the two-way set associative data in an even set data bank such that the two ways of each even number set are aligned horizontally within said even set data,wherein a line of data may be assembled by selectively rearranging data from the odd number set ways together with data from the even number set ways,wherein each set comprises two blocks in a cache, andwherein the oddness and evenness of a given set in the number of sets of data is defined by a least significant bit of a set index for the given set.