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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Balajee Vamanan, Bangalore, IN;
Tukaram Methar, Bangalore, IN;
Mrudula Kanuri, Bangalore, IN;
Sreenivas Krishnan, Campbell, CA (US);
Balajee Vamanan, Bangalore, IN;
Tukaram Methar, Bangalore, IN;
Mrudula Kanuri, Bangalore, IN;
Sreenivas Krishnan, Campbell, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory controller provided according to an aspect of the present invention includes a predictor block which predicts future read requests after converting the memory address in a prior read request received from the processor to an address space consistent with the implementation of a memory unit. According to another aspect of the present invention, the predicted requests are granted access to a memory unit only when there are no requests pending from processors and the peripherals sending access requests to the memory unit.