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Control of data accesses to a cache in data processing

US8250309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 2005
Grant dateAug 21, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0888
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processor comprising: a control register operable to store a cache control value; and data accessing logic responsive to a data access instruction and to said cache control value to look for data to be accessed in a cache if said cache control value has a predetermined value and not to look for said data to be accessed in said cache if said cache control value does not have said predetermined value.

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