Entry lockdown within a translation lookaside buffer mechanism

Details Entry lockdown within a translation lookaside buffer mechanism Entry lockdown within a translation lookaside buffer mechanism

2005-09-06

2005-09-06

Anderson, Matthew D. (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

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C711S159000

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ABSTRACT:
A translation lookaside buffer mechanism is described incorporating a set associative translation lookaside buffer operating in parallel with a fully associative translation lookaside buffer. Lockdown entries are stored within the fully associative translation lookaside buffer and non-lockdown entries are stored within the set associative translation lookaside buffer. Victim selection for the fully associative translation lookaside buffer18is performed using a control register within a coprocessor which is set under operating system software control.

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