System and method for coherence prediction
US7363435B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/507
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A coherence prediction mechanism includes a synchronization manager and a plurality of access predictors. The synchronization manager maintains one or more sequence entries, each sequence entry indicating a sequence in which a corresponding data block is accessed by two or more processing elements of a multiprocessor system. An access predictor provides a prediction to the synchronization manager identifying a next data block to be accessed by a corresponding processing element. In response to an indication of an access to a particular data block from a first processing element, the synchronization manager accesses a sequence entry corresponding to the particular data block and sends an identification of a next processing element expected to access the data block to the first processing element. The first processing element may use the identification to perform one or more speculative coherence actions.
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