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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. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Hariharan Thantry, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akhilesh Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seungjoon Park, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hariharan Thantry, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akhilesh Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seungjoon Park, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a directory to aid in maintaining control of a cache coherency protocol. The directory can be coupled to multiple caching agents via an interconnect, and be configured to store a entries associated with cache lines. The directory also includes logic to determine a time delay before the directory can send a concurrent snoop request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.