Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1994-11-15
1996-09-03
Chan, Eddie P.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
395447, 395470, 39542102, 3954211, 364DIG1, 36424344, 3642549, 3642581, G06F 1208
Patent
active
055532586
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for performing exchange transactions between caches and a main memory of a computer system, the caches and main memory being coupled to one another by a bus. The method includes the steps of providing caches of different sizes with a cache having a smallest size, and with each cache having an index fixed as a function of the size of the cache. For each exchange transaction, the number of bits of an index used to address a selected cache location are determined, and the upper bits of a memory address from a tag store location corresponding to the selected cache location are retrieved, where the retrieved upper address bits form an exchange address. In the event that the index of the selected cache location comprises more bits than the index of the cache having the fewest addressable locations, the excess bits of the index of the selected cache location are appended to the exchange address. The cache then transmits the exchange address, a memory read address, and exchange data to memory.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5251310 (1993-10-01), Smelser et al.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin; V15, No. 3, Aug. 1973, pp. 1035-1036 Koch; "Memory Addressing System".
Godiwala Nitin D.
Maskas Barry A.
Thaller Kurt M.
Bragdon Reginald G.
Chan Eddie P.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Fisher Arthur W.
Maloney Denis G.
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