5.6 Read Sequences

Tag Read Sequence

A tag read sequence is performed when the state of a secondary cache block is required, but it is not necessary to access the data array. This sequence is used for the CACHE Index Load Tag (S) instruction.

Figure 5-6 depicts a secondary cache tag read sequence.



Figure 5-6 Tag Read Sequence

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