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US08954676B2 Cache with scratch pad memory structure and processor including the cache
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缓存与临时存储器结构和处理器包括缓存
- Patent Title: Cache with scratch pad memory structure and processor including the cache
- Patent Title (中): 缓存与临时存储器结构和处理器包括缓存
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Application No.: US13680243Application Date: 2012-11-19
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Publication No.: US08954676B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Jin Ho Han
- Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2012-0023051 20120306
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract:
Disclosed are a cache with a scratch pad memory (SPM) structure and a processor including the same. The cache with a scratch pad memory structure includes: a block memory configured to include at least one block area in which instruction codes read from an external memory are stored; a tag memory configured to store an external memory address corresponding to indexes of the instruction codes stored in the block memory; and a tag controller configured to process a request from a fetch unit for the instruction codes, wherein a part of the block areas is set as a SPM area according to cache setting input from a cache setting unit. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time to read instruction codes from the external memory and realize power saving by operating the cache as the scratch pad memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130238859A1 CACHE WITH SCRATCH PAD MEMORY STRUCTURE AND PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE CACHE Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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