Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

St Phen R Van Doren

Simon C Steely, Jr

Gregory Edward Tierney

A system comprises a first node operative to provide a source broadcast requesting data. The first node associates an F-state with a copy of the data in response to receiving the copy of the data from memory and receiving non-data responses from other nodes in the system. The non-data responses include an indication that at least a second node includes a shared copy of the data. The F-state enabling the first node to serve as an ordering point in the system capable of responding to requests from other nodes in the system with a shared copy of the data.

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St Phen R Van Doren