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Title:
DATA PROCESSING CIRCUIT WITH CACHE MEMORY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999059070
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The processing circuit contains a cache management unit which keeps information about a stream of addresses among addresses accessed by the processor. The cache management unit updates a current address for the stream in response to progress of execution of the program. The cache management unit makes selected storage locations in the cache memory available for reuse, a storage location in the cache memory which is in use for the data corresponding to the particular address being made available for reuse dependent on a position of the particular address relative to the current address.

Inventors:
VAN DER WOLF PIETER
STRUIK PIETER
Application Number:
PCT/IB1999/000785
Publication Date:
March 09, 2000
Filing Date:
April 29, 1999
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Assignee:
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
PHILIPS SVENSKA AB (SE)
International Classes:
G06F12/121; (IPC1-7): G06F12/08
Domestic Patent References:
WO1992020027A11992-11-12
Foreign References:
US5649144A1997-07-15
US5870599A1999-02-09
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