Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spatial memory streaming confidence mechanism
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Application No.: US15690931Application Date: 2017-08-30
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Publication No.: US10540287B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Edward A Brekelbaum , Arun Radhakrishnan
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/0862 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F12/0811 ; G06F12/0875 ; G06N20/00 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing same, systems, and methods for a spatial memory streaming (SMS) prefetch engine are described. In one aspect, the SMS prefetch engine includes a pattern history table (PHT), which has a table in which each entry has an offset list field comprising sub-fields for offset values from a base offset value within a region and a per-offset confidence field comprising sub-fields for per-offset confidence levels corresponding to each offset value. When a PHT entry is activated, the per-offset confidence values corresponding to each offset value in the offset list field of the PHT entry are updated by matching current accesses to the stored offset values in the offset list field of the activated PHT entry. Continuous learning may be provided to the SMS engine at least by the per-offset confidence levels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180329822A1 SPATIAL MEMORY STREAMING CONFIDENCE MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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