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- Patent Title: System and method to manage a translation lookaside buffer
- Patent Title (中): 用于管理翻译后备缓冲区的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12830494Application Date: 2010-07-06
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Publication No.: US08429378B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Ajay Anant Ingle , Erich James Plondke , Muhammad T. Rab
- Applicant: Ajay Anant Ingle , Erich James Plondke , Muhammad T. Rab
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Peter M. Kamarchik; Nicholas J. Pauley; Jonathan T. Velasco
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
A system and method to manage a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of managing a first TLB includes in response to starting execution of a memory instruction, setting a first field associated with an entry of the first TLB to indicate use of the entry. The method also includes setting a second field to indicate that the entry in the first TLB matches a corresponding entry in a second TLB.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120011342A1 System and Method to Manage a Translation Lookaside Buffer Public/Granted day:2012-01-12
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