Section 12.7: Speeding up Virtual Memory (Frame 4)                     [prev][home][next]

Fig. 12.7.1 shows the TLB inserted into circuitry that does dynamic address translation.


Fig. 12.7.1: TLB speeds up dynamic address translation;
The TLB is consulted for each virtual address translation. If the page number
is found there, a lookup in main memory's page table is aborted,
symbolized by the X on the line coming from the page table.