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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Steven C. Miller, Livermore, CA (US);
Martin M. Deneroff, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Curt F. Schimmel, San Ramon, CA (US);
John Carter, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Parker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Steven C. Miller, Livermore, CA (US);
Martin M. Deneroff, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Curt F. Schimmel, San Ramon, CA (US);
John Carter, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lixin Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Parker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An address translation unit generates a physical address for access to a memory from a virtual address using either a translation lookaside buffer or a segmentation buffer. If the virtual address falls within a predetermined range, the address translation unit will use the segmentation buffer to generate the physical address. Upon generation of the physical address, the memory will either receive data from or provide data to a processor in accordance with the instructions being processed by the processor.