Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Hierarchical memories
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2006-06-13
Anderson, Matthew D. (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Hierarchical memories
C711S144000, C711S145000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07062612
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for directly accessing a cache for data. A data transfer request is sent to a system bus for transferring data to a system memory. The data transfer request is snooped. A snoop request is sent to a cache. It is determined whether the snoop request has a valid entry in the cache. Upon determining that the snoop request has a valid entry in the cache, the data is caught and sent to the cache for update.
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Brown Jeffrey Douglas
Day Michael Norman
Johns Charles Ray
Kahle James Allan
Shippy David J.
Anderson Matthew D.
Carr LLP
Gerhardt Diana R.
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