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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Phanindra Kumar Mannava, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce James Mathewson, Papworth Everard, GB;
Klas Magnus Bruce, Leander, TX (US);
Damien Guillaume Pierre Payet, Antibes, FR;
Jamshed Jalal, Austin, TX (US);
Alex James Waugh, Cambridge, GB;
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus to is provided, to be used with an interconnect comprising a home node. The apparatus includes general-purpose storage circuitry and specialised storage circuitry. Transfer circuitry performs a non-forwardable transfer of a data item from the general-purpose storage circuitry to the specialised storage circuitry. Transmit circuitry transmits an offer to the home node, at a time of the non-forwardable transfer, to transfer the data item to the home node. The apparatus is inhibited from forwarding the data item from the specialised storage circuitry to the home node.