Structure for a memory-centric page table walker

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2011-07-19

2011-07-19

Thomas, Shane M (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

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C711S207000, C711S138000, C711SE12059

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07984263

ABSTRACT:
A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for at least one of designing, manufacturing, and testing a design is provided. The design structure includes a page table walker. The page table walker is moved from its conventional location in the memory management unit associated with the data processor to a location in main memory i.e. the main memory controller. As a result, wherein the processing of requests for data could selectively avoid or bypass cumbersome caches associated with the data processor.

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