Adaptive shared data interventions in coupled broadcast engines
US6986002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/122
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides for a bus system having a local bus ring coupled to a remote bus ring. A processing unit is coupled to the local bus node and is employable to request data. A cache is coupled to the processing unit through a command bus. A cache investigator, coupled to the cache, is employable to determine whether the cache contains the requested data. The cache investigator is further employable to generate and broadcast cache utilization parameters, which contain information as to the degree of accessing the cache by other caches, its own associated processing unit, and so on. In one aspect, the cache is a local cache. In another aspect, the cache is a remote cache.
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