Cache control apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US09824017B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-21

    申请号:US14253349

    申请日:2014-04-15

    CPC classification number: G06F12/0875 G06F12/0831 G06F12/0833

    Abstract: Provided is a cache control apparatus and method that, when a plurality of processors read a program from the same memory in a chip, maintain coherency of data and an instruction generated by a cache memory. The cache control apparatus includes a coherency controller client configured to include an MESI register, which is included in an instruction cache, and stores at least one of a modified state, an exclusive state, a shared state, and an invalid state for each line of the instruction cache, and a coherency interface connected to the coherency controller and configured to transmit and receive broadcast address information, read or write information, and hit or miss information of another cache to and from the instruction cache.

    MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20180165246A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-14

    申请号:US15832824

    申请日:2017-12-06

    Abstract: A multi-core processor having a first operation mode in which processors perform the same task and a second operation mode in which the processors perform different tasks includes first and second processors configured to write an operation mode value to a first register or second register when a function called in executed software requests the first or second operation mode, a manager configured to assign core IDs of the first and second processors according to the operation mode value stored in the first register or second register, and a reset controller configured to reset the first and second processors in response to the function, wherein the manager assigns the same core ID to the first and second processors when the operation mode value indicates the first operation mode, and allocates different core IDs to the first and second processors when the operation mode value indicates the second operation mode.

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