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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Jean-paul Henriques, Eybens, FR;
Fabrice Devaux, Les Marches, FR;
Jean-Paul Henriques, Eybens, FR;
Fabrice Devaux, Les Marches, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrogue, FR;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for read-addressing a site among a plurality of storage units using a coded address derived from an instruction. The method comprises the following steps: a) predicting () the storage unit corresponding to the site to be addressed; b) decoding () the address of the site to be addressed and determining () the storage unit to be addressed; c) managing () a potential read and rewrite conflict assuming that the predicted storage unit is the storage unit to be addressed; d) controlling () the addressing of the predicted storage unit at the end of the managing step (); e) at the end of step b), determining () whether the storage unit to be addressed corresponds to the predicted storage unit; and f) if the storage unit to be addressed does not correspond to the predicted storage unit, managing () a possible read and rewrite conflict in the storage unit to be addressed and addressing the site of the storage unit to be addressed.