Method and apparatus for memory prefetch operation of volatile non-coherent data
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Oct 3, 2000
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Sep 5, 1997
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An apparatus and method for prefetching data into a cache memory system is provided. A prefetch instruction includes a hint type that allows a programmer to designate whether, during a data retrieval operation, a hit in the cache is to be ignored or accepted. If accepted, the prefetch operation completes. If ignored, the prefetch operation retrieves data from the main memory, even though the cache believes it contains valid data at the requested memory location. Use of this invention in a multiple bus master processing environment provides the advantages of using a cache memory, i.e., burst reads and a relatively large storage space as compared to a register file, without incurring disadvantages associated with maintaining data coherency between the cache and main memory systems.
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