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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shuai Che, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jieming Yin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0897 (2016.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0897 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting data includes determining whether to apply a mask to a cache line that includes a first type of data and a second type of data for transmission based upon a first criteria. The second type of data is filtered from the cache line, and the first type of data along with an identifier of the applied mask is transmitted. The first type of data and the identifier is received, and the second type of data is combined with the first type of data to recreate the cache line based upon the received identifier.