A prefetch mechanism includes a prefetch predictor table coupled to a prefetch
control. The prefetch predictor table may include a plurality of locations configured
to store a plurality of entries each indicative of a stride between a respective
pair of memory requests. Each of the plurality of entries may be stored in a respective
one of the plurality of locations dependent upon a value of an earlier stride.
The prefetch control may be configured to prefetch an address based upon a given
one of the plurality of entries in the prefetch predictor table.