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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Kai Cheng, Portland, OR (US);
David C. Lee, Beaverton, OR (US);
John A. Urbanski, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Kai Cheng, Portland, OR (US);
David C. Lee, Beaverton, OR (US);
John A. Urbanski, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The storage locations of a snoop filter are segregated into a number of groups, and some groups are associated with some processors in a system. When new data enter a cache line of a processor, one of the storage locations associated with the processor is selected for further operations.