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Address management system

US4163280A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1977
Grant dateJul 31, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 17, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/1081
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An address management system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and an address management unit arranged between a direct memory device (DMA) and a main memory unit to control memory access from the CPU and DMA. Segment registers for address expansion are provided in the CPU and DMA, respectively. The address management unit includes a conversion table for converting logical address data and segment data and segment data from the CPU and DMA into a corresponding physical address data, and the conversion table includes a bit position for detecting an address error and a control bit for selecting a memory access to a local memory or a shared memory.

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