Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Address translation in a data processing apparatus
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Application No.: US16648041Application Date: 2019-01-23
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Publication No.: US11687464B2Publication Date: 2023-06-27
- Inventor: Graeme Peter Barnes , Catalin Theodor Marinas , William James Deacon
- Applicant: ARM LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB 01598 2018.01.31
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/050189 2019.01.23
- International Announcement: WO2019/150077A 2019.08.08
- Date entered country: 2020-03-17
- Main IPC: G06F12/10
- IPC: G06F12/10

Abstract:
An apparatus comprises address translation circuitry (70) to perform a translation of a virtual address (80) comprising a virtual tag portion (88) and a virtual address portion (86) into a physical address (82) comprising a physical tag portion (92) and a physical address portion (90). The address translation circuitry comprises address tag translation circuitry (72) to perform a translation of the virtual tag portion into the physical tag portion and the address translation to be performed is selected in dependence on the virtual address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200264983A1 ADDRESS TRANSLATION IN A DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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