Prefetching techniques for network interfaces
US7327674B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/9078
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A prefetching technique for a network interface is provided to give the network interface the opportunity to prefetch data out-of-order into send queues in the network interface, rather than prefetching data in the order produced and deposited into main memory. That allows, the state of the send queues to be taken into consideration when deciding an appropriate order to prefetch data.
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