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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Jeffery D. Carr, Vestal, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jeffery D. Carr, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory controller, method and program product for memory controller optimization by active re-prioritization of requests based on memory bus activity. The invention continually monitors memory bus activity and, where necessary, re-prioritizes a queue of pending memory requests. In addition, mechanisms are provided to abort an existing request on a memory bus, and interrupt an existing request to complete a pending request.