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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Greggory D Donley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manoj Gujral, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul N Israel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395826 ; 395445 ; 395481 ; 395872 ; 395859 ;
Abstract
A method of arranging and operating a cache in a multi-processor computer system with N local processors, where a requesting device can request a cycle to be issued, where the method involves 'posting' the 'cycles', while also storing information for completing a cycle in a Queue and causing the requesting device to be issued 'termination' immediately, rather than waiting for the cycle to reach its destination.