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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Dominic William Brown, Ely, GB;
Ashley John Crawford, Ashdon, GB;
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
There is provided a data processing device including an output port to transmit a request value to an interconnect arranged to implement a coherency protocol, to indicate a request to be subjected to the coherency protocol. An input port receives an acknowledgement value from the interconnect in response to the request value and coherency administration circuitry defines behavior rules for the data processing device in accordance with the coherency protocol and in dependence on the request value and the acknowledgement value. Storage circuitry administers data in accordance with the behavior rules. There is also provided an interconnect including an input port to receive a request value, issued by a data processing device having storage circuitry, to indicate a request for the data processing to be subjected to a coherency protocol. An output port transmits an acknowledgement value to the data processing device in response to the request value and coherency administration circuitry defines behavior rules for the interconnect in accordance with the coherency protocol and in dependence on the request value and the acknowledgement value.