Marvell Asia Pte., Ltd.

Oded Tsur

Albert Ma

A circuit and corresponding method provide a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) implementation. The circuit comprises a plurality of TLB banks and TLB logic. The TLB logic computes a plurality of hash values of a tag included in a memory request. The TLB logic locates, based on hash values of the plurality of hash values computed, a contiguous translation entry (TE) and a non-contiguous TE in different TLB banks of the plurality of TLB banks. The TLB logic determines a result by comparing the tag with the contiguous TE located and by comparing the tag with the non-contiguous TE located. The TLB logic outputs the result determined toward servicing the memory request. The TLB logic advantageously enables the TLB implementation to support contiguous pages using standard random-access memories for the plurality of TLB banks.

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Haifa, Israel

Oded Tsur