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Method and apparatus for increasing computer performance through asynchronous memory block initialization

  • US 6,601,153 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/1999
  • Issued: 07/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for increasing processing performance in a computer system having at least one instruction processor to process instructions of an instruction stream, and having a memory to store data, the method comprising:

  • identifying one or more inactive data blocks in the memory;

    generating a list of addresses corresponding to the identified inactive data blocks;

    identifying available computing cycles during processing in the computer system; and

    initializing, via the at least one instruction processor that is used to process instructions of the instruction stream, the one or more inactive data blocks associated with the list of addresses to a predetermined state during one or more of the available computing cycles, wherein the initializing is performed asynchronously with respect to processing of the instruction stream by the at least one instruction processor.

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