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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Craig Mackenna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rick Varney, Campbell, CA (US);
Gregory Goodhue, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Craig MacKenna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rick Varney, Campbell, CA (US);
Gregory Goodhue, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microcontroller using an optimized buffer replacement strategy comprises a memory configured to store instructions, a processor configured to execute said program instructions, and a memory accelerator operatively coupled between the processor and the memory. The memory accelerator is configured to receive an information request and overwrite the buffer from which the prefetch was initiated with the requested information when the request is fulfilled by a previously initiated prefetch operation.