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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Amos Ben-meir, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Amos Ben-Meir, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for performing table lookup are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a lookup table, where the lookup table includes a plurality of translation modes and each translation mode includes a corresponding translation table tree supporting a plurality of page sizes. The method further includes receiving a search request from a requester, determining a translation table tree for conducting the search request, determining a lookup sequence based on the translation table tree, generating a search output using the lookup sequence, and transmitting the search output to the requester. The plurality of translation modes includes a first set of page sizes for 32-bit operating system software and a second set of page sizes for 64-bit operating system software. The plurality of page sizes includes non-global pages, global pages, and both non-global and global pages.