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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
R. Frank O'bleness, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sujat Jamil, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David E. Miner, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph Delgross, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tom Hameenanttila, Phoenix, AZ (US);
R. Frank O'Bleness, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sujat Jamil, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David E. Miner, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph Delgross, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tom Hameenanttila, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Set-associative caches having corresponding methods and computer programs comprise: a data cache to provide a plurality of cache lines based on a set index of a virtual address, wherein each of the cache lines corresponds to one of a plurality of ways of the set-associative cache; a translation lookaside buffer to provide one of a plurality of way selections based on the set index of the virtual address and a virtual tag of the virtual address, wherein each of the way selections corresponds to one of the ways of the set-associative cache; and a way multiplexer to select one of the cache lines provided by the data cache based on the one of the plurality of way selections.