Bus interface controller for determining access counts

A method of tracking a memory segment count, comprising:

• receiving indicia from a remote IC by a bus interface controller;
• determining if the indicia is found correlates to an address within a local memory address range;
• if the indicia is associated with a local memory address, determining if the indicia is a request to receive a data transfer;
• and
• if the indicia comprises a request to receive a data transfer, incrementing a memory segment count correlated to the data address associated with the request to receive data.

A method of employing a segment memory count in a bus interface controller, comprising:

• monitoring a local bus for a locally generated data query;
• determining whether the locally generated data query is associated with a data address that falls within a local memory range;
• if the locally generated data transfer query is associated with the data address that falls within the local memory range, determining the corresponding memory segment;
• determining if the corresponding memory segment count, associated with the determined memory segment, is equal to zero;
• and
• if the corresponding memory segment count is equal to zero, refraining from forwarding the data query to a remote IC.

A computer program product for tracking a memory segment count, the computer program product having a medium with a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program comprising:

• computer code for receiving indicia from a remote IC by a bus interface controller;
• computer code for determining if the indicia correlates to an address within a local memory address range;
• computer code for determining if the indicia is a data query, if the indicia is associated with a local memory address;
• and
• computer code for incrementing a memory segment count correlating to the data address associated with the data query, if the indicia also comprises a data query.

A processor for employing a segment memory count in a bus interface controller, the processor including a computer program comprising:

• computer code for monitoring a local bus for a locally generated data query;
• computer code for determining whether the locally generated data query is associated with a data address that falls within a local memory range;
• computer code for determining the corresponding memory segment, if the locally generated data query is also associated with the data address that falls within the local memory range;
• computer code for determining if the corresponding memory segment count, associated with the determined memory segment, is equal to zero;
• and
• computer code for refraining from forwarding the data query to a remote IC if the corresponding memory segment count is equal to zero.