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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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