Method for reading a multiple byte data element in a memory system with at least one cache and a main memory
US5420994A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 30, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0884
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for reading a multiple byte data element stored in both first and second memories. Selected bytes of the data element are invalidated in the first memory. Valid bytes from the first memory are combined with remaining bytes from the second memory in response to a read request.
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