Cache miss buffer adapted to satisfy read requests to portions o

Details Cache miss buffer adapted to satisfy read requests to portions o Cache miss buffer adapted to satisfy read requests to portions o

1992-04-29

1994-10-04

Robertson, David L.

G06F 1300

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053534263

ABSTRACT:
A cache array, a cache tag and comparator unit and a cache multiplexor are provided to a cache memory. Each cache operation performed against the cache array, read or write, takes only half a clock cycle. The cache tag and comparator unit comprises a cache tag array, a cache miss buffer and control logic. Each cache operation performed against the cache tag array, read or write, also takes only half a clock cycle. The cache miss buffer comprises cache miss descriptive information identifying the current state of a cache fill in progress. The control logic comprises a plurality of combinatorial logics for performing tag match operations. In addition to standard tag match operations, the control logic also conditionally tag matches an accessing address against an address tag stored in the cache miss buffer. Depending on the results of the tag match operations, and further depending on the state of the current cache fill if the accessing address is part of the memory block frame of the current cache fill, the control logic provides appropriate signals to the cache array, the cache multiplexor, the main memory and the instruction/data destination. As a result, subsequent instruction/data requests that are part of a current cache fill in progress can be satisfied without having to wait for the completion of the current cache fill, thereby further reducing cache miss penalties and function unit idle time.

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Method and Cache Memory Controller For Fetching Data For A CPU That Further Reduces CPU Idle Time.

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