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Line swapping scheme to reduce back invalidations in a snoop filter

US8055851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2006
Grant dateNov 8, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/082
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides receiving a request for data from a processor of a plurality of processors, determining a cache entry location based, at least in part, on the request, storing the data in a cache corresponding to the processor at the cache entry location, and storing a coherency record corresponding to the data in an affinity corresponding to the cache.

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