PROCESSING NON-OWNERSHIP LOAD REQUESTS HITTING MODIFIED LINE IN CACHE OF A DIFFERENT PROCESSOR

Methods and apparatus to efficiently process non-ownership load requests hitting modified line (M-line) in cache of a different processor are described. In one embodiment, a first agent changes the state of a first data and forwards it to a second, requesting agent who stores the first data in an al...

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Main Authors JUNG BONGJIN, VASH JAMES R, SUN ANDREW Y, BAXTER JEFFREY, KOTTAPALLI SAILESH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.06.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
PHYSICS
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE
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Summary:Methods and apparatus to efficiently process non-ownership load requests hitting modified line (M-line) in cache of a different processor are described. In one embodiment, a first agent changes the state of a first data and forwards it to a second, requesting agent who stores the first data in an alternative modified state. Other embodiments are also described.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090647458