A method for selecting a candidate to mark as overwritable in the event of a cache miss while attempting to avoid a write back operation. The method includes associating a set of data with the cache access request, each datum of the set is associated with a way, then choosing an invalid way among the...http://www.google.de/patents/US6523091?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6523091 - Multiple variable cache replacement policy
