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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Kostantin Godin, Herzliya, IL;
Moshe Anschel, Kfar Saba, IL;
Yacov Efrat, Kfar Saba, IL;
Zvika Rozenshein, Kfar Saba, IL;
Ziv Zamsky, Ra'anana, IL;
Kostantin Godin, Herzliya, IL;
Moshe Anschel, Kfar Saba, IL;
Yacov Efrat, Kfar Saba, IL;
Zvika Rozenshein, Kfar Saba, IL;
Ziv Zamsky, Ra'anana, IL;
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for providing information to a cache module, the apparatus includes: (i) at least one processor, connected to the cache module, for initiating a first and second requests to retrieve, from the cache module, a first and a second data unit; (ii) logic, adapted to receive the requests and determine if the first and second data units are mandatory data units; and (iii) a controller, connected to the cache module, adapted to initiate a single fetch burst if a memory space retrievable during the single fetch burst comprises the first and second mandatory data units, and adapted to initiate multiple fetch bursts if a memory space retrievable during a single fetch burst does not comprise the first and the second mandatory data units.