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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1995
Yannick Deville, La Queue en Brie, FR;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Control device for a buffer memory which distinguishes information of the 'instruction' type and information of the 'data' type, and which replaces stored information with current information according to at least replacement algorithm. It comprises partitioning means (30) which make available, for at least one of the said types of information therefore called a limited type, a limited amount of memory, delocalized in the buffer memory, and, when a current information item has to be loaded while the said limited amount has been overloaded by the stored information of limited type, replacement means (40) load it by priority by replacing a stored replaceable information item of limited type. The value of the said limited amount can be updated. The partitioning means (30) and the replacement means (40) can be programmed means.