Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fully virtualized TLBs
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Application No.: US15495707Application Date: 2017-04-24
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Publication No.: US10339068B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Wade K. Smith , Anthony Asaro
- Applicant: Advanced Mirco Devices, Inc. , ATI Technologies ULC
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara CA Markham
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara CA Markham
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G06F12/1045
- IPC: G06F12/1045 ; G06F12/1027 ; G06F12/1009

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a virtualized translation lookaside buffer (TLB) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least an execution unit and a first TLB. The system supports the execution of a plurality of virtual machines in a virtualization environment. The system detects a translation request generated by a first virtual machine with a first virtual memory identifier (VMID). The translation request is conveyed from the execution unit to the first TLB. The first TLB performs a lookup of its cache using at least a portion of a first virtual address and the first VMID. If the lookup misses in the cache, the first TLB allocates an entry which is addressable by the first virtual address and the first VMID, and the first TLB sends the translation request with the first VMID to a second TLB.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180307622A1 FULLY VIRTUALIZED TLBS Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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