Read lock miss control and queue management
US6324624A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/52
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Managing memory access to random access memory includes fetching a read lock memory reference request and placing the read lock memory reference request at the end of a read lock miss queue if (1) the read lock memory reference request is requesting access to an unlocked memory location and (2) the read lock miss queue contains at least one read lock memory reference request.
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