Method and apparatus for performing memory prefetching

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Title: Method and apparatus for performing memory prefetching

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A method and apparatus for performing memory prefetching includes determining whether to initiate prefetching. Upon a determination to initiate prefetching, a first memory row is determined as a suitable prefetch candidate, and it is determined whether a particular set of one or more cachelines of the first memory row is to be prefetched.

Inventors:: Eckert, Yasuko; Jayasena, Nuwan; Panda, Reena; Kayiran, Onur; Boyer, Michael W.

Issue Date:: 2019-06-04

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568432

Patent Number(s):: 10310981

Application Number:: 15/268,953

Assignee:: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F12/0862 - with prefetch
G06F2212/1016 - Performance improvement
G06F2212/6024 - History based prefetching
G06F2212/6022 - Using a prefetch buffer or dedicated prefetch cache

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; B609201

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/19/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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Predictive caching system and method based on memory access which previously followed a cache miss
patent, July 1998

Kedem, Gershon; Alexander, Thomas T.
US Patent Document 5,778,436
URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5778436

Sourcing differing amounts of prefetch data in response to data prefetch requests
patent, August 2012

Arimilli, Ravi; Cascaval, Gheorghe; Sinharoy, Balaram
US Patent Document 8,250,307
URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=8250307

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