Providing an inclusive shared cache among multiple core-cache clusters
US7827357B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/1016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving requested data from a system interconnect interface in a first scalability agent of a multi-core processor including a plurality of core-cache clusters, storing the requested data in a line of a local cache of a first core-cache cluster including a requester core, and updating a cluster field and a core field in a vector of a tag array for the line. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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