KK11-B Cache Memory
The KK11-B Cache Memory was a standard part of the KD11-Z CPU of the PDP-11/44, a high-speed cache for the CPU.
Physically, it was a single hex board, the M7097.
Technical detail
The KK11-B contained 4096 cache entries of high-speed RAM, in the form of 30 4096x1 static RAM chips. The cache was a direct-mapped cache (i.e. there was only one possible cache entry in which any given word of main memory could be found), with write-through, and a block size of one word.
Each cache entry was 30 bits wide, containing two data bytes; also a tag field for cache entries, 9 bits wide (covering Extended UNIBUS address bits 21-13); 3 parity bits (one for the tag); and two valid bits (to allow the entire cache to be cleared by switching to a previously cleared set of valid bits).
Only memory on the Extended UNIBUS was cached, not any memory which might be present on the ordinary UNIBUS (normally used only for I/O).
Registers
The cache registers are mostly at the same locations as some of the memory/cache registers in the PDP-11/70, but they are generally incompatible with those in the /70.
| Register | Abbreviation | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Cache Error Register | CME | 777744 |
| Cache Control/Status Register | CCSR | 777746 |
| Cache Maintenance Register | CMR | 777750 |
| Cache Hit Register | CHR | 777752 |
| Cache Memory Data Register | CDR | 777754 |
See also
External links
- PDP-11/44 System Technical Manual - the KK11-B is covered in Section 6-12 (pp. 242-258 of the PDF)
- 11X44 Field Maintenance Print Set - the KK11-B Field Maintenance Print Set (MP00811) is on pp. 106-128 of the PDF
