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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas M. Carmean, Beaverton, OR (US);
Brent E. Lince, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
Abstract
A write combining buffer that supports snoop requests includes a first cache memory and a second cache memory. The apparatus also includes a write combining buffer, coupled to the first and second cache memories, to combine data from a plurality of store operations. Each of the plurality of store operations is to at least a part of a cache line, and the write combining buffer can be snooped in response to requests initiated external to the apparatus.