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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);
Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);
Muhammad T. Rab, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);
Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);
Muhammad T. Rab, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method to manage a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of managing a first TLB includes in response to starting execution of a memory instruction, setting a first field associated with an entry of the first TLB to indicate use of the entry. The method also includes setting a second field to indicate that the entry in the first TLB matches a corresponding entry in a second TLB.