Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-30
2008-10-07
Peikari, B. James (Department: 2189)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
C711S118000, C710S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07434009
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for providing information to a cache module, the apparatus includes: (i) at least one processor, connected to the cache module, for initiating a first and second requests to retrieve, from the cache module, a first and a second data unit; (ii) logic, adapted to receive the requests and determine if the first and second data units are mandatory data units; and (iii) a controller, connected to the cache module, adapted to initiate a single fetch burst if a memory space retrievable during the single fetch burst comprises the first and second mandatory data units, and adapted to initiate multiple fetch bursts if a memory space retrievable during a single fetch burst does not comprise the first and the second mandatory data units.
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Anschel Moshe
Efrat Yacov
Godin Kostantin
Rozenshein Zvika
Zamsky Ziv
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Peikari B. James
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