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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert J. Sonnelitter, III, Mount Vernon, NJ (US);

Michael Fee, Cold Spring, NY (US);

Craig R. Walters, Highland, NY (US);

Arthur O'Neill, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Matthias Klein, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/528 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/544 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for controller address contention assumption. A non-limiting example computer-implemented method includes a shared controller receiving a fetch request for data from a first requesting agent, the receiving via at least one intermediary controller. The shared controller performs an address compare using a memory address of the data. In response to the memory address matching a memory address stored in the shared controller, the shared controller acknowledges the at least one intermediary controller's fetch request, wherein upon acknowledgement, the at least one intermediary controller resets. In response to release of the data by a second requesting agent, the shared controller transmits the data to the first requesting agent.


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