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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Andrew Michael Jones, Bristol, GB;
Stuart Ryan, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Michael Jones, Bristol, GB;
Stuart Ryan, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow Bucks, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6022 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) may include a cache memory, and a cache memory controller coupled to the cache memory. The cache memory controller may be configured to receive a cache miss associated with a memory location, issue pre-fetch requests, each pre-fetch request having a quality of service (QoS), and determine if a pre-fetch request has issued for the memory location associated with the cache miss.