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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricky C Hetherington, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sharad Mehrotra, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramesh Panwar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711122 ; 711140 ; 711167 ;
Abstract
A data cache unit associated with a processor, the data cache unit including a first non-blocking cache receiving a data access from a device in the processor. A second non-blocking cache is coupled to the first non-blocking cache to service misses in the first non-blocking cache. A data return path coupled to the second non-blocking cache couples data returning from the second non-blocking cache to both the first non-blocking cache and the device generating the access to the first non-blocking cache.