Patent · US Expired

Method to optimize effective page number to real page number translation path from page table entries match resumption of execution stream

US7350051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2005
Grant dateMar 25, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/681
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for optimizing EPN to RPN translation when a data miss occurs. The method, system and computer program product take advantage of the high-likelihood of finding the matching PTE in the first half of the PTEG and utilize early data-coming signals from the L2 cache to prime the data-flow pipe to the D-ERAT arrays and requesting a joint steal cycle for executing the write into the D-ERAT and a restart request for re-dispatching the next-to-complete instruction.

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