Patents Represented by Law Firm WHitham & Marfhoefer
  • Patent number: 5274790
    Abstract: A cache memory apparatus to be coupled to a main memory, comprises a cache memory having a plurality of ports and capable of being independently accessed through the plurality of ports. The cache memory stores a portion of data stored in the main memory and tag information indicating memory locations within the main memory of the data portion stored in the cache memory. A hit discriminator receives first tag information included in an address given when the cache memory is accessed and second tag information read from the cache memory in accordance with the given address, in order to discriminate a cache-hitting and a cache-missing on the basis of the first and second tag information. A replacement control circuit operates for replacing data and corresponding tag information in the cache memory when the cache-missing is discriminated by the hit discriminating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Suzuki