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Method and apparatus for transferring data in a computer system

US6199144A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0833
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transferring data from a first memory location to a second memory location in a computer system. A load instruction is executed, and, in response, data is transferred from a first memory location to a second memory location during a single bus transaction. During the same bus transaction, a request is made to invalidate a copy of the data that is stored in a third memory location if the load instruction indicates to do so.

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