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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Cumming, La Guade, FR;
Richard Grisenthwaite, Kirkaldy, GB;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711108 ; 711173 ; 711-3 ;
Abstract
A cache memory comprises a CAM and a data RAM, the CAM has an associate input and a write input, the associate input being connected to selection circuitry to select write data or associate data so that an associate operation can be effected in parallel with a write operation using the same data to control validation of the write input.