| 发明名称 | Multimode prefetcher | ||
| 摘要 | One or more lines of a cache are prefetched according to a first prefetch routine while training a prefetcher to prefetch one or more lines of the cache according to a second prefetch routine. In response to determining that the prefetcher has been trained, one or more lines of the cache may be prefetched according to the second prefetch routine. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9026739(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.05.05 |
| 申请号 | US201213414526 | 申请日期 | 2012.03.07 |
| 申请人 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 发明人 | Manne Srilatha;Ranganathan Nitya;Keltcher Paul;McCauley Donald W. |
| 分类号 | G06F13/20;G06F12/08 | 主分类号 | G06F13/20 |
| 代理机构 | Abel Law Group, LLP | 代理人 | Abel Law Group, LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method comprising: prefetching one or more lines of a cache according to a first prefetch routine while training a prefetcher to prefetch one or more lines of the cache according to a second prefetch routine; and prefetching one or more lines of the cache according to the second prefetch routine in accordance with the training, the training including recognizing a pattern of addresses consistently spaced apart, the second prefetch routine being a stride-n prefetch routine where stride-n corresponds to how far apart the addresses are spaced. | ||
| 地址 | Sunnyvale CA US | ||