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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Tetsuya Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hazuki Okabayashi, Osaka, JP;
Ryuta Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Tokuzo Kiyohara, Osaka, JP;
Takao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Kaneko, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hazuki Okabayashi, Osaka, JP;
Ryuta Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Tokuzo Kiyohara, Osaka, JP;
Takao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Kaneko, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The cache memory in the present invention is an N-way set-associative cache memory including a control register which indicates one or more ways among N ways, a control unit which activates the way indicated by said control register, and an updating unit which updates contents of said control register. The control unit restricts at least replacement, for a way other than the active way indicated by the control register.