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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Steven D. Krueger, Dallas, TX (US);
Jonathan H. Shiell, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A microprocessor (,) for coupling to an external read/write memory (,) having an addressable storage space for storing data. The microprocessor includes a data storage circuit (,) for storing a portion of the data, where that portion of data comprises non-cacheable data. The microprocessor further includes a class storage circuit (,) for storing a class identifier corresponding to the portion of the non-cacheable data, as well as an input (TERMINATE) for receiving a terminate signal and an input (CLASS) for receiving a class signal. Lastly, the microprocessor includes an indicator (,) for indicating that the portion of the non-cacheable data in the data storage circuit is expired in response to assertions of the terminate signal and the class signal matching the class identifier.