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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 12/128 (2016.01); G06F 12/1027 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0833 (2013.01); G06F 9/461 (2013.01); G06F 12/1027 (2013.01); G06F 12/128 (2013.01); G06F 2212/683 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus has a cache configured to store entries which correspond to blocks of addresses having one of a plurality of sizes as selected by a control device. When the control device has not yet indicated which size to use, cache access circuitry assumes a default size which is greater than at least one of the plurality of sizes.