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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Michael Schaffer, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Michael Schaffer, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processing system and method is disclosed wherein a processor may be configured to predict an address of memory from which data will be needed, transmit to a memory controller a pre-fetch command for the data at the predicted address of the memory, and transmit to the memory controller a read request for the data at the predicted address of the memory if the data is needed.