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Processor that performs memory access in parallel with cache access

US5325508A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1993
Grant dateJun 28, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0884
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system includes an accessible memory controller, an accessible cache controller, and circuitry for accessing the accessible memory controller and the accessible cache controller simultaneously. Certain preferred embodiments of the present invention also include a deassertable miss line, that is, a line which when deasserted indicates that the data was found in the cache and that the memory access should be cancelled.

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