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Virtual memory window with dynamic prefetching support

  • US 20100005272A1
  • Filed: 04/19/2005
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Processing system comprising at least a central unit, a main memory and a peripheral, this peripheral accessing the memory at peripheral predefined addresses, and the central unit accessing the peripheral at central unit predefined addresses, wherein the access to the memory by the peripheral is made through an abstract identifier manager, said manager converting the peripheral predefined addresses to the central unit predefined addresses while accessing the memory, wherein it further comprises additional analysing means to predict useful data objects or fragments thereof for the peripheral and comprises additional buffer means in the shared memory to copy in advance such objects or fragments thereof to and from the shared memory.

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