Method and system for compressing data for a translation look aside buffer (tlb)
AssigneeCavium, Inc.
InventorsAnna Kujtkowski, Wilson P. Snyder, II
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present disclosure includes a method for compressing data for a translation look aside buffer (TLB). The method includes: receiving an identifier at a content addressable memory (CAM), the identifier having a first bit length; compressing the identifier based on a location within the CAM the identifier is stored, the compressed identifier having a second bit length, the second bit length being smaller than the first bit length; and mapping at least the compressed identifier to a physical address in a buffer.
Claims20
A method of memory management, the method comprising:
- storing compressed virtual address related data in a translation look aside buffer (TLB);
- and
- accessing physical memory using the compressed virtual address related data.
A system for memory management, the system comprising:
- a translation look aside buffer (TLB) configured to store compressed virtual address related data;
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- a memory management unit (MMU) configured to access physical memory using the compressed virtual address related data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.