Maintaining processor resources during architectural events

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Address formation – Address mapping

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C712S228000

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ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes switching between a first address space and a second address space, determining if the second address space exists in a list of address spaces; and maintaining entries of the first address space in a translation buffer after the switching. In such manner, overhead associated with such a context switch may be reduced.

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