Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. Buchenborner
  • Patent number: 8341352
    Abstract: A dual-mode prefetch mechanism for implementing checkpoint tag prefetching includes: a data array for storing data fetched from cache memory; a set of cache tags for identifying the data stored in the data array; a set of checkpoint tags for storing data identification; a cache controller including prefetch logic, the prefetch logic including a checkpoint prefetch controller and a checkpoint prefetch operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Wade Cain, III, Jong-Deok Choi