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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Mu-Tien Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Dimin Niu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dongyan Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Hongzhong Zheng, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 2212/214 (2013.01); G06F 2212/281 (2013.01); G06F 2212/313 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6022 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of storing data in a memory module including an in-module prefetcher, an in-module prefetch buffer, memory, and a memory controller, the method including sending address information from the in-module prefetcher to the memory controller and to the prefetch buffer, determining prefetch accuracy based on a comparison of the address information sent to the memory controller and the address information sent to the prefetch buffer, determining a prefetch mode based on the prefetch accuracy, and storing the data in the memory based on the prefetch mode.


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