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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Mustafiz R Choudhury, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sundaravarathan R Iyengar, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsan-Kuen Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Murali S Talwai, Folsom, CA (US);
James Francis McKevitt, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor capable of selecting between a write-back and a write-through mode of operation includes a bus interface unit for transferring information across the external bus. A local cache memory is coupled to the bus interface unit for storing information received from the bus interface unit. The processor also includes a control unit coupled to the cache memory and the bus interface unit. The control unit is operable to restart an interrupted operation from a point of interruption. A storage device coupled to the control unit stores a value corresponding to the point of interruption of the operation.