Smart-prefetch
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1. A method comprising:
- computing an effective memory latency of a system; and
using said effective memory latency to compute an effective address from which to prefetch data.
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Abstract
A method and system for the smart prefetching of instructions is disclosed. The method includes computing an effective memory latency of a request for data and using the effective memory latency to compute an effective address from which to prefetch data.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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computing an effective memory latency of a system; and
using said effective memory latency to compute an effective address from which to prefetch data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a memory;
a processor coupled to said memory, said processor comprising a smart-prefetch unit configured to use a run-time memory latency to compute an effective address from which to prefetch data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product encoded in computer readable media, said computer program product comprising:
a first set of instructions, executable on a computer system, configured to generate a smart-prefetch instruction for a load stream of data defined in a computer program. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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