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Method and apparatus for pushing data into a processor cache

  • US 20060095679A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2004
  • Published: 05/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for pushing data from a memory into a cache of a processing unit in a computing system, comprising:

  • request prediction logic to analyze memory access patterns by the processing unit and to predict data requests of the processing unit based on the memory access patterns; and

    push logic to issue a push request per cache line of data predicted to be requested by the processing unit, and to send the cache line associated with the push request to the processing unit if the processing unit accepts the push request, the processing unit placing the cache line in the cache.

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