System, method and storage medium for memory management
US7386679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/6024
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for memory management including a tag controlled buffer in communication with a memory device. The memory device includes a plurality of pages divided into a plurality of individually addressable lines. The tag controlled buffer includes a prefetch buffer including at least one of the individually addressable lines from the memory device. The tag controlled buffer also includes a tag cache in communication with the prefetch buffer. The tag cache includes a plurality of tags, where each tag is associated with one of the pages in the memory device and each tag includes a pointer to at least one of the lines in the prefetch buffer. Access to the lines in the prefetch buffer is controlled by the tag cache.
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