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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Anh-tuan Nguyen Hoang, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher Tung Phan, Rochester, MN (US);
Anh-Tuan Nguyen Hoang, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher Tung Phan, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a multiprocessor system including: a plurality of processors in operable communication with an address manager and an memory controller; and a unified cache in operable communication with the address manager, wherein the unified cache includes: a plurality of cache addresses; a cache data corresponding to each cache address; a data mask corresponding to each cache data; a plurality of cache agents corresponding to each cache address; and a cache state corresponding to each cache agent.