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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Gou Sugizaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Gou Sugizaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A processor module having a cache device and a system controller having a copy TAGof a tag of the cache device configure a system to which a protocol representing the states of a data block of the cache device by six states, that is, an invalid state I, a shared state S, an exclusive state E, a modified state M, a shared modified state O, and a writable modified state W can be applied. In order to implement the concept, information about a new state in a cache device of a requester is included in a reply packet from the cache device for transmitting the data block. After the completion of the snooping process of the TAGuntil the reception of the reply packet from the cache device for transmitting the data block and the determination of the next state, an object data block is locked in the TAG
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