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Managing prefetching from a data buffer

US6515672B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1999
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2360/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for preventing over-prefetching from a buffer receives an address of a last data set item in a data buffer, and reads data from the data buffer into a read streamer buffer starting at a data buffer start address until the address of said last item.

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