Remote hit predictor
US7640401B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0826
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a first node comprises at least one memory request source and a node controller coupled to the memory request source. The node controller comprises a remote hit predictor configured to predict a second node to have a coherent copy of a block addressed by a memory request generated by the memory request source, and the node controller is configured to issued a speculative probe to the second node responsive to the prediction and to the memory request.
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