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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Beers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Robert J. Safranek, Portland, OR (US);
Jeff Willey, Timnath, CO (US);
Robert A. Maddox, Columbia, SC (US);
Aaron T. Spink, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 12/0817 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0831 (2013.01); G06F 12/0828 (2013.01); G06F 2212/621 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coherence protocol message is sent corresponding to a particular cache line. A potential conflict involving the particular cache line is identified and a forward request is sent to a home agent to identify the potential conflict. A forward response can be received in response to the forward request from the home agent and a response to the conflict can be determined.