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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary N Hammond, Campbell, CA (US);
Koichi Yamada, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen G Burger, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James O Hays, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan K Ross, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William R Bryg, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711207 ; 711206 ;
Abstract
A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is provided including a first storage location in the TLB for storing at least a portion of a first virtual to physical memory translation. The first storage location in the TLB is both hardware-managed and software-managed. The TLB also includes a second storage location in the TLB for storing at least a portion of a second virtual to physical memory translation. The second storage location in the TLB is only software-managed.