Promoting a Line from Shared to Exclusive in a Cache

Embodiments include a cache controller adapted to determine whether a memory line for which the processor is to issue an address-only kill request resides in a fill buffer for the cache line in a shared state. If so, the cache controller may mark the fill buffer as not having completed bus transacti...

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Hauptverfasser:	STEINMETZ PAUL MICHAEL, DIEFFENDERFER JAMES NORRIS, SPEIER THOMAS PHILIP, KARANDIKAR PRAVEEN G, MITCHELL MICHAEL BRYAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING PHYSICS
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