A method and system for efficiently transferring data between a host computer and a peripheral component which is removably coupled to the host computer. In one embodiment of the present invention, a peripheral component such as, for example, a network interface card receives information from a peripheral...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US6055580?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US6055580 - System for transferring length round down to cache line multiple capable to determine type of read request which selects and reads portion of prefetched data in memory
