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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Applicant:
William V. Miller, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventor:
William V. Miller, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
VIA Technologies, Inc., Hsin-Tien, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for locking code in cache. A processor comprises a cache and a cache controller. The cache is configured to store a temporary copy of code residing in main memory. Also, the cache is divided into a number of cache ways, where each cache way is further divided into a number of cache way portions. The cache controller is configured to utilize a first signal and a second signal. The first signal designates one of the cache ways as a partial cache way and the second signal defines which ones of the cache way portions of the partial cache way are to be locked.