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Notation for Virtual Address References

The following notation is used in connection with translation from virtual to physical addresses:

Address Cache
virtual TLB
VPN Virtual page number
VPO Virtual page offset (in bytes)
TLBI TLBI index
TLBT TLB tag

After translating the virtual address to a physical address, another cache is checked to see if it contains the memory contents of the physical address. This notation is used:

Address Cache
physical L1
(physical adddresses)
PPN physical page number
PPO physical page offset (PPO = VPO)
CI Cache index
CO Byte offset in cache block
CT Cache tag


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