Structure and method for providing a cache memory of selectable sizes
US5586303A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a structure provide a flexible cache module for use in cache memory performance modelling. The flexible cache module can be configured by jumper connections or switches into a cache memory having a line size and a cache size selectable from a number of combinations of line size and cache size. In addition, the flexible cache module can also be configured as either a split cache memory, for implementing separate data and instruction caches, or a unified cache memory.
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