A Real TLB Entry

Have a look at a real TLB entry and learn about its constituents in this lesson.

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Finally, let’s briefly look at a real TLB. This example is from the MIPS R4000“MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User’s Manual”. by Joe Heinrich. Prentice-Hall, June 1993. Available: http://cag.csail.mit.edu/raw/ . documents/R4400 Uman book Ed2.pdf A manual, one that is surprisingly readable. Or is it?, a modern system that uses software-managed TLBs; a slightly simplified MIPS TLB entry can be seen in the figure below.

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