A system is disclosed for improving the efficiency of data transactions to a non-cacheable address, or to a block-accessed device. A stream read buffer and associated logic is used to temporarily store the non-cacheable data, or to store large blocks of data from a block-accessed device. The stream read...http://www.google.com/patents/US6321302?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6321302 - Stream read buffer for efficient interface with block oriented devices
