Patent · US Expired

Avoidance of cache synonyms

US5946705A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1996
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0802
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cache memory comprises a CAM and a data RAM, the CAM has an associate input and a write input, the associate input being connected to selection circuitry to select write data or associate data so that an associate operation can be effected in parallel with a write operation using the same data to control validation of the write input.

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