Line swapping scheme to reduce back invalidations in a snoop filter
US8055851B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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