Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Hierarchical memories
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-26
2009-11-10
Portka, Gary J (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Hierarchical memories
C709S212000, C711S121000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07617363
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides detecting by a network controller a flush occurring on a host bus of a DM (“direct messaging”) packet to a memory from a first cache line associated with a first processor; obtaining and storing the DM packet at a second cache line associated with the network controller; and sending the DM packet over a network to a third cache line associated with a second processor.
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Chitlur Nagabhushan
Dunning David S.
Gupta Maruti
Liao Hongbin (Michael)
Rankin Linda J.
Grossman Tucker Perreault & Pfleger PLLC
Intel Corporation
Portka Gary J
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