Patents by Inventor Masaru Matsumura

Masaru Matsumura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6381680
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) is for a part (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) accessible by another processing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address is not for the part accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5822761
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) is for a part (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) accessible by another procesing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address is not for the part accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5619677
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) is for a part (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) accessible by another procesing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address is not for the part accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5509133
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) is for a part (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) accessible by another procesing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address is not for the part accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5502825
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) is for a part (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) accessible by another procesing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address is not for the part accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5479625
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) corresponds to an area (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system), which is accessible by another processing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) which is accessible by the central processing system is performed. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address does not correspond to that area accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura
  • Patent number: 5148526
    Abstract: A detect circuit is provided in a system such as an I/O mapped microcomputer system in order to detect whether or not an access address for a read access request generated by a central processing unit (CPU) corresponds to an area (such as a status register in the above-mentioned microcomputer system) which is accessible by another processing device, such as an I/O device, within the entire storage area (such as a main storage and the status register) which is accessible by the central processing system. If data to be fetched for an instruction executed by the central processing unit is not found in a cache memory, the data is fetched from the entire storage area. A write circuit is provided which writes the fetched data into the cache memory when the detect circuit shows that the access address does not correspond to the area accessible by the other processing device within the entire storage area, but otherwise the write circuit does not write the fetched data into the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Micro Computer Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Nishimukai, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsumura