Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Hierarchical memories
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-16
2005-08-16
Bataille, Pierre Michel (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Hierarchical memories
C711S126000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06931494
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods that provide directional prefetching are provided. In one embodiment, a method may include one or more of the following: storing a first block and a second block in a prefetch buffer; associating a first block access with a backward prefetch scheme; associating a second block access with a forward prefetch scheme; and, if the first block is accessed before the second block, then performing a backward prefetch with respect to the first block.
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So Kimming
Wang Jin Chin
Bataille Pierre Michel
Broadcom Corporation
McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd.
Tsai Sheng-Jen
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