COMMAND-DRIVEN TRANSLATION PRE-FETCH FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNITS

Methods and systems for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) of a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the MMU receives a pre-fetch command from an upstream component of the device, the pre-fetch command including an address of an instruction, pre-fetches a translat...

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Main Authors WIERCIENSKI, Paul, Christopher, John, VARIA, Meghal, MOREIRA, Carlos, Javier, GADELRAB, Serag, PODAIMA, Jason, Edward, RYCHLIK, Bohuslav, ERNEWEIN, Kyle, John
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LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.02.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Methods and systems for pre-fetching address translations in a memory management unit (MMU) of a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the MMU receives a pre-fetch command from an upstream component of the device, the pre-fetch command including an address of an instruction, pre-fetches a translation of the instruction from a translation table in a memory of the device, and stores the translation of the instruction in a translation cache associated with the MMU.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160709211