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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter J. Smith, Folsom, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for converting between a full memory address and a compressed memory address. For example, one embodiment comprises one or more translation tables having a plurality of translation entries, each translation entry identifiable with a pointer value and storing a portion of a full memory address usable within the processor to address data and instructions; and address translation logic to use the translation tables to convert between the full address and a compressed version of the full address, the compressed version of the full address having the pointer value substituted for the portion of the full memory address, wherein a first portion of the processor performs operations using the compressed version of the full address and a second portion of the processor performs operations using the full address.