AU578420B2 - Cache memory - Google Patents

Cache memory

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Publication number
AU578420B2
AU578420B2 AU30249/84A AU3024984A AU578420B2 AU 578420 B2 AU578420 B2 AU 578420B2 AU 30249/84 A AU30249/84 A AU 30249/84A AU 3024984 A AU3024984 A AU 3024984A AU 578420 B2 AU578420 B2 AU 578420B2
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Prior art keywords
cache memory
cache
memory
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AU30249/84A
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AU3024984A (en
Inventor
Charles W. Ferrell
Lane K. Hooker
Thomas H. Howell
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Bull HN Information Systems Inc
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Honeywell Information Systems Italia SpA
Honeywell Information Systems Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0806—Multiuser, multiprocessor or multiprocessing cache systems
    • G06F12/0815—Cache consistency protocols
    • G06F12/0817—Cache consistency protocols using directory methods
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0806—Multiuser, multiprocessor or multiprocessing cache systems
    • G06F12/084—Multiuser, multiprocessor or multiprocessing cache systems with a shared cache

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Memory System Of A Hierarchy Structure (AREA)
  • Small-Scale Networks (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Multi Processors (AREA)
AU30249/84A 1983-07-07 1984-07-04 Cache memory Ceased AU578420B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US511616 1983-07-07
US06/511,616 US4695951A (en) 1983-07-07 1983-07-07 Computer hierarchy control

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AU3024984A AU3024984A (en) 1985-01-10
AU578420B2 true AU578420B2 (en) 1988-10-27

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US (1) US4695951A (OSRAM)
EP (1) EP0131277B1 (OSRAM)
JP (1) JPS6039259A (OSRAM)
KR (1) KR930002337B1 (OSRAM)
AU (1) AU578420B2 (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1214884A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE3478519D1 (OSRAM)
FI (1) FI80533C (OSRAM)
NO (1) NO167831C (OSRAM)
YU (1) YU45633B (OSRAM)

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JPS6039259A (ja) 1985-03-01
YU119284A (en) 1986-12-31
NO167831C (no) 1991-12-11
US4695951A (en) 1987-09-22
EP0131277A2 (en) 1985-01-16
AU3024984A (en) 1985-01-10
KR930002337B1 (ko) 1993-03-29
YU45633B (sh) 1992-07-20
FI842384A0 (fi) 1984-06-13
CA1214884A (en) 1986-12-02
EP0131277B1 (en) 1989-05-31
NO167831B (no) 1991-09-02
JPH0457026B2 (OSRAM) 1992-09-10
DE3478519D1 (en) 1989-07-06
KR850001572A (ko) 1985-03-30
FI842384L (fi) 1985-01-08
EP0131277A3 (en) 1986-06-11
FI80533B (fi) 1990-02-28
NO842747L (no) 1985-01-08
FI80533C (fi) 1990-06-11

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