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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2002
Applicants:

Thomas A. Volpe, Austin, TX (US);

Michael S. Allen, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thomas A. Volpe, Austin, TX (US);

Michael S. Allen, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for supplying data to a processor in a digital processing system. The method includes holding data required by the processor in a cache memory, supplying data from the cache memory to the processor in response to processor requests, performing a cache line fill operation in response to a chache miss, supplying data from a prefetch buffer to the cache memory in response to the cache line fill operation, and speculatively loading data from a lower level memory to the prefetch buffer in response to the cache line fill operation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Volpe, Thomas. (2005). Prefetch buffer method and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 6895475). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6895475

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