Efficient utilization of write-combining buffers
US6356270B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0897
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus method for efficient utilization of write-combining buffers for a sequence of non-temporal stores to scattered locations. The method comprises: converting the sequence of non-temporal stores to stores to intermediate buffers; and grouping the stores to intermediate buffers into consecutive non-temporal stores. The consecutive non-temporal stores correspond to adjacent memory locations in the write-combining buffers.
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