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Cache prefetching

US6922753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 2002
Grant dateJul 26, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0862
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for prefetching cache with requested data are described. A processor initiates a read access to main memory for data which is not in the main memory. After the requested data is brought into the main memory, but before the read access is reinitiated, the requested data is prefetched from main memory into the cache subsystem of the processor which will later reinitiate the read access.

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