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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
James O. Bondi, Plano, TX (US);
Jonathan H. Shiell, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In a computer system ( ) embodiment, there is included a memory ( ) and circuitry ( ) for prefetching information from the memory in response to a prefetch request. The system further includes a system resource ( ), wherein the system resource is burdened in response to a prefetch operation by the circuitry for prefetching information. The system resource is also further burdened in response to other circuitry ( ) using the system resource. The system further includes circuitry ( ) for determining a measure of the burden on the system resource. Lastly, the system includes circuitry ( ) for prohibiting prefetching of the information by the circuitry for prefetching information responsive to a comparison of the measure of the burden with a threshold. Other circuits, systems, and methods are also disclosed and claimed.