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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2010
Meenakshisundaram R. Chinthamani, Hillsboro, OR (US);
R. Guru Prasadh, Austin, TX (US);
Hari K. Nagpal, Southborough, MA (US);
Phanindra K. Mannava, Folsom, CA (US);
Meenakshisundaram R. Chinthamani, Hillsboro, OR (US);
R. Guru Prasadh, Austin, TX (US);
Hari K. Nagpal, Southborough, MA (US);
Phanindra K. Mannava, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to ring protocols and techniques are described. In one embodiment, a first agent generates a request to write to a cache line of a cache over a first ring of a computing platform. A second agent that receives the write request forwards it to a third agent over the first ring of the computing platform. In turn, a third agent (e.g., a home agent) receives data corresponding to the write request over a second, different ring of the computing platform and writes the data to the cache. Other embodiments are also disclosed.