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Flexible translation storage buffers for virtual address translation

  • US 5,899,994 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1997
  • Issued: 05/04/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer storage product including a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied thereon for managing a plurality of translation storage buffers (TSBs) for processes executing in a computer system, said TSBs being selected from a TSB pool in a memory of a computer system and having at least two different sizes, said computer storage product comprising computer-readable program code for effecting the following method:

  • identifying said at least two different sizes for said TSBs;

    allocating a TSB pool of said TSBs;

    selecting a small TSB having a first size from said TSB pool for a process; and

    migrating said process from said small TSB to a large TSB having a second size from said TSB pool, said second size being larger than said first size.

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