Out-of-order snooping for multiprocessor computer systems

Details Out-of-order snooping for multiprocessor computer systems Out-of-order snooping for multiprocessor computer systems

1998-08-06

2000-08-29

Dinh, Dung C.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

709213, 712 30, G06F 1200, G06F 938, G06F 1516

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061122831

ABSTRACT:
In some embodiments, a computer system includes nodes connected through conductors. At least some of the nodes each include memory and processing circuitry to receive snoop requests in a node reception order and to initiate snoops of the memory in the node before the snoop requests are in a global order. The at least some nodes also each include an ordering buffer to receive the snoop requests and provide them at an output of the ordering buffer in the global order.

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