Patent · US Expired

Preventing access to secure area of a cache

US6397301B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1999
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/1425
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information in a cache that is coupled to a processor is secured by recording the location in the cache of information that is being secured, and performing a cache avoidance procedure instead of allowing the instruction to access the area of the cache containing the information being secured.

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