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Prefetching data in response to a read transaction for which the requesting device relinquishes control of the data bus while awaiting data requested in the transaction

  • US 6,075,929 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1996
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system comprising:

  • a memory device on a first data bus,a requesting device that places, on a second data bus, an initial read transaction directed to the memory device and that relinquishes control of the second data bus while awaiting a response to the initial read transaction, anda bridge device that operatively connects the first and second data buses and that, in response to the initial read transaction, places a subsequent read transaction on the first data bus and receives from the first data bus, data responsive to the initial read transaction, comprising;

    a data storage buffer that stores the data responsive to the initial read transaction, anda buffer management element that automatically requests from the memory device additional data beyond the data responsive to the initial read transaction.

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