Pre-fetching of data packets
US9037810B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/121
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising receiving a data packet, and storing the received data packet in a memory; generating a descriptor for the data packet, the descriptor including information for fetching at least a portion of the data packet from the memory; and in advance of a processing core requesting the at least a portion of the data packet to execute a processing operation on the at least a portion of the data packet, fetching the at least a portion of the data packet to a cache based at least in part on information in the descriptor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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