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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Warren S. Snyder, Snohomish, WA (US);
Eric D. Blom, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
Warren S. Snyder, Snohomish, WA (US);
Eric D. Blom, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of memory management. Within the present embodiment, a page register along with supporting logic allows a mode to be selected by a processor at the same time it specifies a particular memory page. The selected mode defines what the subsequent use of the specified memory page will be. For example, this method may decrease overhead when moving between different memory pages by providing a mode that automatically returns to a previous page after a specified page has been accessed.