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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0808 (2016.01); G06F 12/0853 (2016.01); G06F 12/126 (2016.01); G06F 12/0811 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0808 (2013.01); G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 12/0853 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/126 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1028 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method to cache data in a first memory that is stored in a second memory. At least one read-with-invalidate command is received to read and invalidate at least one portion of a cache line having modified data. The cache line having modified data is invalidated in response to receipt of read-with-invalidate commands for less than all of the portions of the cache line.