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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen S Pawlowski, Beaverton, OR (US);
Peter D MacWilliams, Aloha, OR (US);
Nitin V Sarangdhar, Portland, OR (US);
Gurbir Singh, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395287 ; 711143 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ordering data transfers includes an identifier of a critical portion of data being received from a requesting agent along with a request for data. Writeback data corresponding to the requested data is then transferred to the bus as a plurality of portions and ordered to ensure that a first portion which includes the critical portion of the data is transferred to the bus first.