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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Rodney J. Pesavento, Chandler, AZ (US);
Gregg D. Lahti, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Rodney J. Pesavento, Chandler, AZ (US);
Gregg D. Lahti, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A cache module for a central processing unit has a cache control unit coupled with a memory, and a cache memory coupled with the control unit and the memory, wherein the cache memory has a plurality of cache lines, at least one cache line of the plurality of cache lines has an address tag bit field and an associated storage area for storing instructions to be issued sequentially and at least one control bit field, wherein the control bit field is coupled with the address tag bit field to mask a predefined number of bits in the address tag bit field.