Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory hub and access method having internal prefetch buffers
- Patent Title (中): 具有内部预取缓冲区的内存集线器和访问方法
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Application No.: US12185615Application Date: 2008-08-04
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Publication No.: US08127081B2Publication Date: 2012-02-28
- Inventor: Terry R. Lee , Joseph Jeddeloh
- Applicant: Terry R. Lee , Joseph Jeddeloh
- Applicant Address: US NY Mt. Kisco
- Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
- Current Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Mt. Kisco
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract:
A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes history logic that predicts on the basis of read memory requests which addresses in the memory devices from which date are likely to be subsequently read. The history logic applies prefetch suggestions corresponding to the predicted addresses to a memory sequencer, which uses the prefetch suggestions to generate prefetch requests that are coupled to the memory devices. Data read from the memory devices responsive to the prefetch suggestions are stored in a prefetch buffer. Tag logic stores prefetch addresses corresponding to addresses from which data have been prefetched. The tag logic compares the memory request addresses to the prefetch addresses to determine if the requested read data are stored in the prefetch buffer. If so, the requested data are read from the prefetch buffer. Otherwise, the requested data are read from the memory devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090187714A1 MEMORY HUB AND ACCESS METHOD HAVING INTERNAL PREFETCH BUFFERS Public/Granted day:2009-07-23
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