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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Daren Croxford, Burwell, GB;
Timothy Fawcett Milner, Cherry Hinton, GB;
Inventors:
Daren Croxford, Burwell, GB;
Timothy Fawcett Milner, Cherry Hinton, GB;
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory has multiple memory rowsstoring respective stored values. The stored values are divided into portions which may be shared by all stored values within the memory rows concerned. When such portions are so shared, then the comparison between an input value and the plurality of stored values can be performed using a base value stored within a base value registerrather than by reading the relevant portions of the memory rows. Thus, those relevant portions of the memory rows can be disabled and power saved.