System and method for performing a speculative cache fill
1. Field of the Invention A computer system may include several caches that are each coupled to receive data from a shared memory. A cache coherency mechanism may be configured to receive a cache fill request, and in response, to send a probe to determine whether any of the other caches contain a co...
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A computer system may include several caches that are each coupled to receive data from a shared memory. A cache coherency mechanism may be configured to receive a cache fill request, and in response, to send a probe to determine whether any of the other caches contain a copy of the requested data. Some time after sending the probe, the cache controller may provide a speculative response to the cache fill request to the requesting device. By delaying providing the speculative response until some time after the probes are sent, it may become more likely that the responses to the probes will be received in time to validate the speculative response. |
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