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- Patent Title: Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media
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Application No.: US14725882Application Date: 2015-05-29
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Publication No.: US09747213B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Jason Edward Podaima , Bohuslav Rychlik , Carlos Javier Moreira , Serag Monier GadelRab , Paul Christopher John Wiercienski , Alexander Miretsky , Kyle John Ernewein
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: W&T/Qualcomm
- Main IPC: G06F12/12
- IPC: G06F12/12 ; G06F12/0846 ; G06F12/1036 ; G06F12/109

Abstract:
Providing memory management unit (MMU) partitioned translation caches, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media. In this regard, an apparatus comprising an MMU is provided. The MMU comprises a translation cache providing a plurality of translation cache entries defining address translation mappings. The MMU further comprises a partition descriptor table providing a plurality of partition descriptors defining a corresponding plurality of partitions each comprising one or more translation cache entries of the plurality of translation cache entries. The MMU also comprises a partition translation circuit configured to receive a memory access request from a requestor. The partition translation circuit is further configured to determine a translation cache partition identifier (TCPID) of the memory access request, identify one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions based on the TCPID, and perform the memory access request on a translation cache entry of the one or more partitions.
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