COUNTER BASED STRIDE PREDICTION FOR DATA PREFETCH - Patent 1576465

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EP 1 576 465 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38

(21)	Application number: 03778603.5

(22)	Date of filing: 09.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 9/38

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IB2003/005796

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/053686 (24.06.2004 Gazette 2004/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

12.12.2002 US 432755 P

(71)	Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
	5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOOGERBRUGGE, Jan San Jose, CA 95131 (US) VAN DE WAERDT, Jan-Willem San Jose, CA 95131 (US)

(74)	Representative: Eleveld, Koop Jan
	Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, P.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

(54)	COUNTER BASED STRIDE PREDICTION FOR DATA PREFETCH