Virtual memory address fetching
CA 1266530 C · Owner: Hewlett-Packard Company · Inventors: James, David V.
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A hybrid hardware/software implementation of a translation look-aside buffer (TLB) is disclosed for improving the efficiency of address translation in a computing system utilizing a virtually addressed memory. Through the use of the present invention, complex hashing routines can be used to address entries in a virtual address translation table (VATT) within the system's physical memory, without increasing the complexity or significantly reducing the performance of the TLB fetch hardware.
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- Granted March 6, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 6, 2007.
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