INSTRUCTION CACHE PREFETCH THROTTLE

INSTRUCTION CACHE PREFETCH THROTTLE

Techniques for controlling prefetching of instructions into an instruction cache are provided. The techniques include tracking either or both of branch target buffer misses and instruction cache misses, modifying a throttle toggle based on the tracking, and adjusting prefetch activity based on the t...

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Hauptverfasser: THYAGARAJAN, Aparna, WONG, Angelo, JONES, William E, VENKATACHAR, Ashok Tirupathy, EVERS, Marius
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:Techniques for controlling prefetching of instructions into an instruction cache are provided. The techniques include tracking either or both of branch target buffer misses and instruction cache misses, modifying a throttle toggle based on the tracking, and adjusting prefetch activity based on the throttle toggle.