Method and apparatus for initiating CPU data prefetches by external ag

An arrangement is provided for an external agent to initiate data prefetches from a system memory to a cache associated with a target processor, which needs the data to execute a program, in a computing system. When the external agent has data, it may create and issue a prefetch directive. The prefe...

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Hauptverfasser:	HUGGAHALLI RAMAKRISHNA, BATSON BRANNON J, BLANKENSHIP ROBERT G, TETRICK RAYMOND S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	chi ; eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING PHYSICS
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