Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Component/Vci Xcache Wrapper

Timestamp:

Aug 25, 2008, 11:25:17 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

alain

Comment:

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Component/Vci Xcache Wrapper

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  * The write policy is WRITE-THROUGH (the data is immediately written in memory, and the cache is updated only in case of HIT).
- * The Data cache contains a write buffer (8 words), and builds a burst when there are successive write requests with incrementing addresses.
+ * The Data cache contains a write buffer, and builds a burst when there are successive write requests in the same cache line.
  * It uses the [wiki:Component/MappingTable Mapping Table] to support uncached segments.
  * The Data Cache supports the following requests : Read, Write, Linked load, and Store Conditional 
@@ -41 +41 @@
    * read burst of fixed length, corresponding to a cached read MISS,
    * one word transaction, corresponding to an uncached read, a linked load, or a store conditional.
-   * write burst of variable length,
+   * write burst of variable length ( no larger than a cache line)
  * The processor is stalled in case of cached read MISS, in case of uncached read, or in case of write, if the write buffer is full.