Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory address translation using stored key entries
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Application No.: US16342644Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US10853262B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Nikos Nikoleris , Andreas Lars Sandberg , Prakash S. Ramrakhyani , Stephan Diestelhorst
- Applicant: ARM LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GR20160100608 20161129; GR20170100521 20171122
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/053588 WO 20171129
- International Announcement: WO2018/100363 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: G06F9/26
- IPC: G06F9/26 ; G06F12/1009 ; G11C11/408 ; G06F12/1027 ; G11C8/06 ; G11C11/4096

Abstract:
Memory address translation apparatus comprises page table access circuitry to access a page table to retrieve translation data; a translation data buffer to store one or more instances of the translation data, comprising: an array of storage locations arranged in rows and columns; a row buffer comprising a plurality of entries and comparison circuitry responsive to a key value dependent upon at least the initial memory address, to compare the key value with information stored in each of at least one key entry and an associated value entry for storing at least a representation of a corresponding output memory address, and to identify which of the at least one key entry, if any, is a matching key entry storing information matching the key value; and output circuitry to output, when there is a matching key entry, at least the representation of the output memory address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190243778A1 MEMORY ADDRESS TRANSLATION Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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