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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cache memory system with good time efficiency capable of automatically selecting an update entry from unused entries. SOLUTION: This system comprises a cache memory 8, a processor 30, a hit determination circuit 5, an interval timer 3, and a control register 4. When the content of the cache memory is updated to new information by an address cache or data cache having a full associative method or a configuration according to it, the use history of each entry constituting the cache memory is grasped by generation management using the timer to select an unused entry. The period of the timer is automatically adjusted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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