摘要:
In a multiprocessor system having a hierachal memory device employing a virtual memory system, serial communication means which makes it possible for memory management units, which are disposed for CPUs, respectively, to communicate with one another, so that any change of common memory management information can be exchanged directly between the memory management units. As a result, it is not necessary for each CPU to inform the memory management unit of any change of the memory management information by an operating system, so that the overhead of communication between CPUs can be reduced and memory management can be made correctly without applying any load to the operating system even when any change occurs in the memory management information.
摘要:
A content-addressed memory which has a priority ranking circuit and/or a write control circuit provided in an output section thereof, the priority ranking circuit being adapted to be selectively operated so as to selectively output only one hit signal and the write control circuit being adapted to receive a hit signal and allow a corresponding memory cell to be brought into a write enable state.
摘要:
A content-addressed memory which has a priority ranking circuit and/or a write control circuit provided in an output section thereof, the priority ranking circuit being adapted to be selectively operated so as to selectively output only one hit signal and the write control circuit being adapted to receive a hit signal and allow a corresponding memory cell to be brought into a write enable state.
摘要:
A memory management device which is connected in a virtual address space or a physical address space together with another device capable of becoming a bus master, is endowed with the function of detecting the bus request signal of the other device, interrupting an address translation process under execution and causing a processor to release a bus. Thus, the other device can be made the bus master without being kept waiting for a long time, and a system bug can be prevented which is attributed to such a fact that a wait time exceeds the data hold time of an input/output device connected to, for example, a direct memory access controller.
摘要:
An address translation unit for use in a computer system having a multi-virtual space comprises a full associative translation lookaside buffer (TLB) which includes, for each entry, an associative memory array which stores and compares addresses. The associative memory array is provided with a circuit which, when a specific value is set in a common area field, invalidates comparison in a space number field.
摘要:
A static RAM having a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell consists of driver MOST's that are connected to each other in a crossing manner, and transfer MOST's that connect storage nodes of the memory cell to the data lines. The driver MOST's are comprised of n-channel MOST's, and the transfer MOST's are comprised of p-channel MOST's.
摘要:
A pulse width modulation circuit which can cancel the mean error of pulse width modulation with respect to time due to the offset voltage of a triangular wave signal and to the offset voltage of a comparator, by adding simple circuits to an existing pulse width modulation circuit. The invention relates also to an integration circuit of the product of two analog signals using the pulse width modulation circuit described above.The principle of the present invention combines a circuit for cancelling the offset of a triangular wave signal by inverting either the triangular wave signal with respect to an input signal or the input signal with respect to the triangular wave signal, in every predetermined period, with a circuit for eliminating the offset of a comparator by inverting the output of the comparator and replacing the input terminals of the comparator if the input signal is not inverted, or connecting the input terminal of the comparator as such if the input signal is inverted.
摘要:
An integrator circuit comprising reset means by which, when it is detected that an integrator output V.sub.p for an input analog signal coincides with a plus or minus reference value, the integral output is reset to the vicinity of the middle of the plus and minus reference values, in effect, without interrupting the integrating operation; a circuit which produces a pulse each time coincidence is detected; and a circuit which produces a direction signal indicating whether the coincidence results from an increase or a decrease of the integral input.The pulses produced in the state in which the direction signal is indicating an increase are counted up, and the pulses produced in the state in which the direction signal is indicating a decrease are counted down, whereby the precise integral value of the input analog signal can be detected.
摘要:
An analog-to-digital converter includes a capacitor array circuit for determining m upper bits of a digital output, which includes a plurality of capacitors having binary-weighted capacitance ratios and a plurality of switches and which is connected to an input terminal of a sampled analog voltage and a reference voltage source. A resistor string circuit is provided for determining n lower bits of the digital output, including a plurality of switches and which is connected to the capacitor array circuit. A voltage comparator compares an output voltage of the capacitor array circuit with the ground potential and successive approximation registers successively provide pulses for controlling the switches of the capacitor array circuit and the resistor string circuit in accordance with the output of the voltage comparator. A circuit generates timing pulses for controlling the operation of the successive approximation registers. The resistor string circuit applies voltages equal to i/2.sup.n (where i denotes a value expressed by the n lower bits of the digital output) and (2.sup.n -i)/2.sup.n of a reference voltage to the capacitor array circuit, and the capacitor array circuit operates so as to put the input analog signal into a digital signal in accordance with a linear input/output conversion characteristic.
摘要:
A physical space management table is disposed outside the microprocessor in order to hold attribute data of the regions of the physical space held as a set of a plurality of regions in a manner corresponding to the regions of the physical space. The microprocessor is provided with a physical space management unit which fetches the attribute data from the physical space management table and manages them. The physical space management unit includes a physical space management table search control circuit, and a physical data buffer which primarily holds the attribute data obtained by the physical space management table search control circuit and the physical address in a manner corresponded to each other.