Patents Examined by William A. Niessen
  • Patent number: 4727484
    Abstract: A memory control apparatus for a data processor using a virtual memory technique includes two cache memories one for storing a portion of the instructions located in the main memory (MMU), the other for storing a portion of the operand data located in main memory. A separate translation look aside buffer (TLB) is connected to each cache memory, with the TLB connected to the cache memory storing instructions operating to translate logical addresses to real addresses in the MMU storing instructions, while the TLB connected to the cache memory storing operand data operating to translate logical addresses to real addresses in the MMU storing operand data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Saito