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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:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Simon C. Steely, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Gregory Edward Tierney, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Stephen R. Van Doren, Northborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Simon C. Steely, Jr., Hudson, NH (US);
Gregory Edward Tierney, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Stephen R. Van Doren, Northborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Multi-processor systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment may comprise a multi-processor system comprising at least one data fill provided to a source processor in response to a source request by the source processor, and a coherent signal generated by the multi-processor system that provides an indication of which data fill of the at least one data fill is a coherent data fill.