System and method for prefetching data
US6813249B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 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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