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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2005
Leo James Clark, Georgetown, TX (US);
James Stephen Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Guy Lynn Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
Bradley David Mccredie, Austin, TX (US);
William John Starke, Round Rock, TX (US);
Leo James Clark, Georgetown, TX (US);
James Stephen Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Guy Lynn Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
Bradley David McCredie, Austin, TX (US);
William John Starke, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and device for enabling intervention across same-level cache memories. In a preferred embodiment, responsive to a cache miss in a first cache memory a direct intervention request is sent from the first cache memory to a second cache memory requesting a direct intervention that satisfies the cache miss. In an alternate embodiment, direct intervention is utilized to access a same-level victim cache.