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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gaurav Garg, San Jose, CA (US);
David T. Hass, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0815 (2013.01); G06F 12/0831 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conditionally sending a request for data to a node based on a determination. In operation, a first request for data is sent to a cache of a first node. Additionally, it is determined whether the first request can be satisfied within the first node, where the determining includes at least one of determining a type of the first request and determining a state of the data in the cache. Furthermore, a second request for the data is conditionally sent to a second node, based on the determination.