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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Meenakshisundaram R. Chinthamani, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kai Cheng, Portland, OR (US);
Malcolm Mandviwalla, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Bahaa Fahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);
Meenakshisundaram R. Chinthamani, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kai Cheng, Portland, OR (US);
Malcolm Mandviwalla, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Bahaa Fahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides receiving a request for data from a processor of a plurality of processors, determining a cache entry location based, at least in part, on the request, storing the data in a cache corresponding to the processor at the cache entry location, and storing a coherency record corresponding to the data in a snoop filter in accordance with one of the following, if there is a cache miss: at the cache entry location of a corresponding affinity in the snoop filter if the cache entry location is found in the corresponding affinity, or at a derived cache entry location of the corresponding affinity if the cache entry location is not found in the corresponding affinity.