Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1989-01-05
1992-09-15
Lee, Thomas C.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
3642292, 3642289, 3642832, 3642663, 364DIG1, 395600, G06F 1212
Patent
active
051485338
ABSTRACT:
In a data processing system having a plurality of tightly coupled data processing units connected by an asynchronous system bus, apparatus and an associated method are described for maintaining the coherency of data groups stored in instruction cache units and execution cache units. The apparatus includes a monitor unit as part of the bus interface unit, and a bus interface unit coupling each associated data processing unit to the system bus. The monitor unit receives signals, applied to the system bus, identifying data groups transferred between the memory unit and the data processing units, including those data groups originating from the bus interface unit of which the monitor unit is a component. The bus interface unit includes directories duplicating the contents of the instruction cache unit directory and the execution cache unit directory. The monitor unit, in response to signals applied to the system bus, identifies operations that can compromise the integrity of signals stored in the associated data processing unit. The monitor unit accesses the appropriate duplicate directory to determine if the address of a compromised data group validly exists in the duplicate directory. When an address is stored in the duplicate directory along with a valid signal, the valid signal is removed from both the cache directory and the duplicate directory.
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Joyce Thomas F.
Miller Robert C.
Vogt Marc C.
Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
Coleman Eric
Driscoll Faith F.
Holloway William W.
Lee Thomas C.
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