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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Cumming, La Gaude, FR;
Richard Grisenthwaite, Fife, GB;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711129 ; 711151 ; 711153 ; 711158 ; 711173 ;
Abstract
A cache memory has a plurality of cache partitions each having a CAM array, a data RAM and output control circuitry which determines a different priority for each cache partition and permits a cache hit output only from one partition which has the highest priority with a cache hit.