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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:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
R. Frank O'Bleness, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sujat Jamil, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David E. Miner, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tom Hameenanttila, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Kehl, Chandler, AZ (US);
Richard Bryant, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kim Schuttenberg, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method of tracking multiple non-identification tagged requests in a system with multiple responders using one or more tracking queues. In some embodiments, the system and method may be implemented in a snoop filter covering multiple caches. In some embodiments, a data-less bus query may be used to update the status of a requested line.