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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Phillip M. Jones, Spring, TX (US);
Robert A. Lester, Tomball, TX (US);
Jens K. Ramsey, Cypress, TX (US);
William J. Walker, Houston, TX (US);
John E. Larson, Houston, TX (US);
James Andre, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Rawlins, Spring, TX (US);
Phillip M. Jones, Spring, TX (US);
Robert A. Lester, Tomball, TX (US);
Jens K. Ramsey, Cypress, TX (US);
William J. Walker, Houston, TX (US);
John E. Larson, Houston, TX (US);
James Andre, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Rawlins, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for improving processor performance. In some embodiments, processing speed may be improved by reusing data stored in a buffer during an initial request by subsequent requests. Assignment of temporary storage buffers in a controller may be made to allow for the potential for reuse of the data. Further, a hot buffer may be designated to allow for reuse of the data stored in the hot buffer. On subsequent requests, data stored in the hot buffer may be sent to a requesting device without re-retrieving the data from memory.