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Stream-down prefetching cache

US6643743B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateNov 4, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/6026
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for prefetching cache data in response to data requests. The prefetching uses the memory addresses of requested data to search for other data, from a related address, in a cache. This, or other data, may then be prefetched based on the result of the search.

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