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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Gabriel L. Romero, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Frederick G. Smith, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel L. Romero, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Frederick G. Smith, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01); G06F 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A SAS expander collects data access information associated with a nexus and determines whether a data prefetch is appropriate. The SAS expander identifies potential data blocks utilizing previous data requests of the nexus. The SAS expander issues a data request to the target for the potential data blocks. The SAS expander stores the potential data blocks within a prefetch cache for future utilization within a data read.