Assignment of building block collector agent to receive acknowledgments from other building block agents
US6598120B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/2542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Assigning a building block collector agent to receive acknowledgments from other building block agents is disclosed. A memory-line request is received from a requestor agent that is one of a number of agents. Each agent has a shared memory to share among the agents, as well as a cache to temporarily store a limited number of memory lines of the shared memories of the other agents. A collector agent, which is one of the agents, is dynamically assigned for receiving acknowledgments from the agents. This dynamic assignment is based on the type of memory line-related request, and/or the global state of the caches of the agents.
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