The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry L. Kendall, Placerville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
Abstract
A small cache memory can be incorporated with a main memory, such as a flash memory, on an integrated circuit to improve average access times between a processor and the main memory. To minimize cost and complexity, the cache memory may contain only a few words of data. The cache can also allow a suspended transfer with minimal latency when the transfer is resumed. Designing the cache memory to interface with the processor over a standard memory bus permits the cache to be implemented in a system that could otherwise have no cache memory unless the processor and/or memory bus were redesigned.
Published as: