Methods and apparatus for facilitating coherency management in distributed multi-processor system
US7818507B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/253
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for sending a data command from a first of a plurality of devices to a first address concentrator within a first of a plurality of processing systems; selecting one of the other processing systems, the selected processing system having data addressed by the data command stored therein; sending the data command to a first address concentrator of the selected processing system; and broadcasting the data command from the first address concentrator of the selected processing system to a second address concentrator in each of the processing systems.
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