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System and method for prefetching data

US6813249B1 · kind B1 · utility

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39Claims
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Filing dateFeb 16, 1999
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/50
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission circuit for transmitting data from a host to a remote includes a plurality of memory queues, and a memory controller operable to prefetch a burst of data cells from the host, wherein a first data cell of the burst is transmitted by the memory controller to the remote and the remainder of the data cells of the burst are stored in the plurality of memory queues for later transmission to the remote.

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