to prefetch
- verb
- /ˈpriːˌfɛtʃ/
- Specialized
:
pre-cargar
- The application can prefetch data to improve loading times for users.
- prefetch data into cache
- prefetch instructions
- prefetch data
Examples
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The BTB would thus be trying to predict the targets of branches and prefetch those targets.
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Therefore, the hardware should attempt to prefetch cache lines that are ahead of the current value of r.
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For example, consider an instruction storage interrupt that might occur when instructions are prefetched.
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A simpler scheme is to prefetch both vectors every 32 iterations.
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By prefetching two columns ahead, our measurements show that all of the required data are in cache.
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The problem is that a subsequent instruction is likely to have been prefetched and is already in an instruction buffer.
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Multiple FXUs help in prefetching data into cache.
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Thus, the multiple functional units of POWER2 allow for the possibility of prefetching data into cache.
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The fetch logic prefetches instructions along an expected or guessed instruction stream path.
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Finally, our proposal enables prefetching in irregular loops, which Mowry did not consider.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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To move a file or program into a computer's memory for use
How Proactive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The verb prefetch comes from pre- 'before' and fetch 'to get', so to prefetch is to 'get' data ahead of time so a website or app will load more quickly.