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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Sujat Jamil, Chandler, AZ (US);
Quinn W. Merrell, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Cameron B. Mcnairy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Sujat Jamil, Chandler, AZ (US);
Quinn W. Merrell, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Cameron B. McNairy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cache coherency is maintained between the dedicated caches of a chip multiprocessor by writing back data from one dedicated cache to another without routing the data off-chip. Various specific embodiments are described, using write buffers, fill buffers, and multiplexers, respectively, to achieve the on-chip transfer of data between dedicated caches.