Virtualized load buffers

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2008-03-18

2008-03-18

Sparks, Donald (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

C711S137000, C711S138000, C711S144000, C711S166000

Reexamination Certificate

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10821549

ABSTRACT:
A memory addressing technique using load buffers to improve data access performance. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus to improve cache access performance in a computer system by exploiting addressing mode information within an instruction accessing a cache memory or other memory device within the computer system.

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David Patterson and John Hennessy, Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach 1996, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Second Edition, pp. 658-666.

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