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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Kimming SO, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jane LU, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kimming So, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jane Lu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more methods and systems of improving performance and reducing the size of a translation lookaside buffer are presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a bit obtained from a virtual page number to store even and odd page frame numbers into a single page frame number field of a miniature translation lookaside buffer (mini-TLB). In one embodiment, even and odd page frame number fields are consolidated into a single page frame number field. In one embodiment, the mini-TLB facilitates the use of a buffer or memory of reduced size. Furthermore, in one or more embodiments, aspects of the invention may be found in a system and method that easily incorporates and adapts the use of existing control processor instruction sets or commands of a typical translation lookaside buffer.