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Memory ordered store system in a multiprocessor computer system

US8850129B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Norbert Hagspiel · Wissen, DE
Matthias Klein · Poughkeepsie, US
Ulrich Mayer · Weißenhorn, DE
Robert J. Sonnelitter, III · Wappingers Falls, US
Gary E. Strait · Poughkeepsie, US
Hanno Ulrich · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 24, 2010
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/621
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and computer implemented method for storing of data in the memory of a computer system in order at a fast rate is provided. The method includes launching a first store to memory. A wait counter is initiated. A second store to memory is speculatively launched when the wait counter expires. The second store to memory is cancelled when the second store achieves coherency prior to the first store to memory.

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