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Technique to share information among different cache coherency domains

US8643660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2012
Grant dateFeb 4, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique to enable information sharing among agents within different cache coherency domains. In one embodiment, a graphics device may use one or more caches used by one or more processing cores to store or read information, which may be accessed by one or more processing cores in a manner that does not affect programming and coherency rules pertaining to the graphics device.

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