CPC G06F 15/7839 (2013.01) [G06F 7/5443 (2013.01); G06F 7/575 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01); G06F 9/3001 (2013.01); G06F 9/30014 (2013.01); G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 9/3004 (2013.01); G06F 9/30043 (2013.01); G06F 9/30047 (2013.01); G06F 9/30065 (2013.01); G06F 9/30079 (2013.01); G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); G06F 9/5011 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 12/0215 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0607 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 12/0882 (2013.01); G06F 12/0888 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 12/0893 (2013.01); G06F 12/0895 (2013.01); G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 12/128 (2013.01); G06F 15/8046 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); H03M 7/46 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/3818 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1008 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/302 (2013.01); G06F 2212/401 (2013.01); G06F 2212/455 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising:
a hardware apparatus for data processing, the hardware apparatus including:
a circuit element to produce one or more results in processing of one or more applications;
a load-store unit to receive the one or more results and generate prefetch information for a cache utilizing the one or more results; and
a prefetch generator to produce prefetch addresses based at least in part on the generated prefetch information;
wherein the load-store unit of the hardware apparatus is to receive software assistance in defining addresses for prefetching, and wherein generation of the prefetch information by the load-store unit is based at least in part on the received software assistance and the one or more results from the circuit element; and
wherein the software assistance includes a suggested prefetch stride for a current application, the suggested prefetch stride being generated by the software based on data request patterns that are detected by the software for a current application.
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