发明授权
- 专利标题: Cache memory
- 专利标题(中): 高速缓存存储器
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申请号: US11785140申请日: 2007-04-16
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公开(公告)号: US07822926B2公开(公告)日: 2010-10-26
- 发明人: Daren Croxford , Peter James Aldworth
- 申请人: Daren Croxford , Peter James Aldworth
- 申请人地址: GB Cambridge
- 专利权人: ARM Limited
- 当前专利权人: ARM Limited
- 当前专利权人地址: GB Cambridge
- 代理机构: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- 主分类号: G06F13/00
- IPC分类号: G06F13/00
摘要:
A data processor includes a cache memory having a plurality of cache rows each row storing a cache line of data values, a memory management unit responsive to a page table entry to control access to a corresponding group of memory addresses forming a memory page, and a cache controller coupled to said cache memory and responsive to a cache miss to trigger a line fill operation to store data values into a cache row. The cache controller is responsive to a cache line size specifier associated with at least one page table entry to vary the number of data values within a cache line fetched in a line fill operation in dependence upon said cache line size specifier. Controlling cache line size on a page basis is more efficient than controlling cache line size on a cache row or virtual address basis.
公开/授权文献
- US20080256303A1 Cache memory 公开/授权日:2008-10-16
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