Spatial Footprint Prediction.

Christopher Wilkerson, Sanjeev Kumar.

U.S. Patent No.: 6,535,961. Filed November 21, 1997. Issued March 18, 2003.

A spatial footprint predictor includes a mechanism to measure spatial footprints of nominating cache lines and hold the foot prints. In some embodiments, the mechanism includes an active macro-block table (ABMT) to measure the spatial footprints and a spatial footprint table (SFT) to hold the spatial footprints. In other embodiments, the mechanism includes a macro-block table (MBT) in which macro-blocks may be active or inactive.

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