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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Salvador Palanca, Folsom, CA (US);
Vladimir Pentkovski, Folsom, CA (US);
Niranjan L Cooray, Folsom, CA (US);
Subramaniam Maiyuran, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Angad Narang, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711154 ; 711156 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of optimizing write combining operations using write combining buffers. A plurality of control fields are assigned to each of the write combining buffers. Each of the control fields has a value corresponding to one of a plurality of write combining states. A first of the plurality of write combining states transitions to a second of the plurality of write combining states in response to a write combining operation.