发明名称 |
CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE-ASSISTED SOFTWARE FLUSHING OF DATA AND INSTRUCTION CACHES |
摘要 |
A cache flush controller, and an associated method, selectably flushes a memory cache of a data processor. The cache flush controller operates at a memory bus level of the data processor and operates to flush a selected line, or lines of the memory cache by writing arbitrary, selected values to the selected line or lines of the memory cache.
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申请公布号 |
CA2366351(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.06.29 |
申请号 |
CA20012366351 |
申请日期 |
2001.12.21 |
申请人 |
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.;HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY |
发明人 |
FORD, RICHARD L.;BROWN, GEOFFREY M.;FARABOSCHI, PAOLO;STARR, ALEXANDER J. |
分类号 |
G06F12/08;(IPC1-7):G06F9/38;G06F12/02 |
主分类号 |
G06F12/08 |
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