Variable page size translation lookaside buffer

Details Variable page size translation lookaside buffer Variable page size translation lookaside buffer

1993-12-15

1996-06-11

Lane, Jack A.

395419, G06F 1210

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055265049

ABSTRACT:
A set associative translation lookaside buffer (TLB) that supports variable sized pages without requiring the use of a separate block TLB. The TLB includes a hashing circuit that creates an index into the TLB for a virtual address using different bits from the virtual address depending on the page size of the address, and a comparator that compares virtual address identifiers or portions of virtual address identifiers stored in the TLB to the current virtual address to determine if a translation to the current virtual address is stored in the TLB.

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