Software and hardware-managed translation lookaside buffer
US5940872A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/1027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is provided including a first storage location in the TLB for storing at least a portion of a first virtual to physical memory translation. The first storage location in the TLB is both hardware-managed and software-managed. The TLB also includes a second storage location in the TLB for storing at least a portion of a second virtual to physical memory translation. The second storage location in the TLB is only software-managed.
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