发明名称 |
System and method for providing a pre-fetch memory controller |
摘要 |
A system and method is disclosed for providing a pre-fetch memory controller in a computer system that comprises a plurality of master agents. The memory controller comprises a bus interface, a memory interface and a plurality of pre-fetch queues. In one embodiment each pre-fetch queue is assigned to a master agent. In an alternate embodiment the pre-fetch queues are dynamically assigned to master agents. The bus interface services memory read requests, memory write requests, and pre-fetch requests. Data may be pre-fetched from main memory and stored in the pre-fetch queues. This reduces the latency for memory read requests and improves the efficiency of the memory interface with the main memory.
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申请公布号 |
US6970978(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.11.29 |
申请号 |
US20020115873 |
申请日期 |
2002.04.03 |
申请人 |
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. |
发明人 |
WU STEPHEN W. |
分类号 |
G06F12/02;G06F12/08;G06F13/16;(IPC1-7):G00F12/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F12/02 |
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