Inventor
O'CONNELL FRANCIS PATRICK
US21 patents
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IBM
19 patentsUS6574712B1Jun 3, 2003
Software prefetch system and method for predetermining amount of streamed data
IBM130 citations97
US6446167B1Sep 3, 2002
Cache prefetching of L2 and L3
IBM79 citations97
US6460115B1Oct 1, 2002
System and method for prefetching data to multiple levels of cache including selectively using a software hint to override a hardware prefetch mechanism
IBM109 citations96
US7904661B2Mar 8, 2011
Data stream prefetching in a microprocessor
IBM32 citations92
US7350029B2Mar 25, 2008
Data stream prefetching in a microprocessor
IBM22 citations92
US6915415B2Jul 5, 2005
Method and apparatus for mapping software prefetch instructions to hardware prefetch logic
IBM37 citations92
US6535962B1Mar 18, 2003
System and method for prefetching data using a hardware prefetch mechanism
IBM48 citations92
US7689774B2Mar 30, 2010
System and method for improving the page crossing performance of a data prefetcher
IBM8 citations84
US6510493B1Jan 21, 2003
Method and apparatus for managing cache line replacement within a computer system
IBM18 citations84
US7669194B2Feb 23, 2010
Fine-grained software-directed data prefetching using integrated high-level and low-level code analysis optimizations
IBM11 citations83
US7380066B2May 27, 2008
Store stream prefetching in a microprocessor
IBM13 citations83
US7890738B2Feb 15, 2011
Method and logical apparatus for managing processing system resource use for speculative execution
IBM8 citations82
US7039760B2May 2, 2006
Programming means for dynamic specifications of cache management preferences
IBM18 citations82
US7254693B2Aug 7, 2007
Selectively prohibiting speculative execution of conditional branch type based on instruction bit
IBM8 citations73
US9465744B2Oct 11, 2016
Data prefetch ramp implemenation based on memory utilization
IBM3 citations68
US7716427B2May 11, 2010
Store stream prefetching in a microprocessor
IBM2 citations62
US7516279B2Apr 7, 2009
Method using stream prefetching history to improve data prefetching performance.
IBM5 citations61
US7689775B2Mar 30, 2010
System using stream prefetching history to improve data prefetching performance
IBM1 citations51
US7530063B2May 5, 2009
Method and system for code modification based on cache structure
IBM1 citations50