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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Salvador Palanca, Folsom, CA (US);
Vladimir Pentkovski, Folsom, CA (US);
Steve Tsai, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Subramaniam Maiyuran, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor is disclosed. The processor includes a decoder to decode instructions and a circuit, in response to a decoded instruction, detects an incoming write back or write through streaming store instruction that misses a cache and allocates a buffer in write combining mode. The circuit, in response to a second decoded instruction, detects either an uncacheable speculative write combining store instruction or a second write back streaming store or write through streaming store instruction that hits the buffer and merges the second decoded instruction with the buffer.