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US 2006/0190686 A1Published application
Cache circuit
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuhiro Tsuboi
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Abstract
In the cache circuit, an instruction cache hit counter counts the number of cache hits, and an instruction memory access counter counts the number of times of instruction access. An instruction cache hit rate computation/entry disabling control circuit computes the ratio of the cache hit count to the instruction access count (cache hit rate). If the cache hit rate exceeds an instruction cache entry disabling threshold, an instruction cache control circuit disables contents of instruction cache memory.
Claims12
A cache circuit comprising:
- cache memory for holding at least either data read/written by an information processor from/into main memory connected to a bus or an instruction code read from the main memory;
- a cache control circuit for reading data or an instruction code from the cache memory and outputting the read data or instruction code to the information processor in response to a read request for the data or the instruction code from the information processor if a cache hit is determined, reading data or an instruction code from the main memory and allowing the read data or instruction code to be held in the cache memory as well as outputting the read data or instruction code to the information processor if a cache miss is determined, and writing data in the cache memory in response to a write request for the data from the information processor;
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- a cache memory disabling circuit for disabling data or an instruction code held in the cache memory according to the number of cache hits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.