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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James Y. Cho, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rise Technology Company, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
In a program test of the cache of a microprocessor, a forced hit signal can be set by the CPU. The forced hit signal allows for a more complete testing of the cache. Additionally, a forced write back signal can also be produced. In one embodiment, the forced hit signal will cause the tag RAM to be updated during a write with the forced hit.