Patent ID: 9348755
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for prefetching data for a processor into a first memory, wherein in a recording mode, a prefetching unit of the processor performs the steps of a method comprising: receiving one or more first addresses from the processor, wherein the one or more first addresses is a load address; filtering the one or more first addresses for removing at least some of the first addresses from a list; providing a recording-list including the filtered one or more first addresses, wherein in a playback mode, the prefetching unit executes: wherein the prefetchinq unit enters the recording mode upon starting the prefetchinq unit or upon executing a program loop a first time, thereby generating the recording-list and wherein the prefetching unit enters playback-mode in respect to the recording-list executing the program loop.