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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Brian Mitchell Bass, Apex, NC (US);
Eric Francis Robinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thuong Quang Truong, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brian Mitchell Bass, Apex, NC (US);
Eric Francis Robinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thuong Quang Truong, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cache coherency technique used in a multi-node symmetric multi-processor system that reduces the number of message phases of a read request from 5 to 4, canceling the combined response phase for read requests in most cases, thereby improving system performance and reducing the overall system power consumption.