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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dan W. Patterson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen H. Hunt, Felton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing concurrent access to first storage area and a second storage area. According to one embodiment, a device includes the first storage area. The device and the second storage area are both coupled to a first bus and are coupled together by a dedicated second bus. According to one embodiment, a snoop operation on the first storage area be preferred concurrently with a snoop operation on the second storage area.