发明名称 |
Snoop filter for filtering snoop requests |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus for supporting cache coherency in a multiprocessor computing environment having multiple processing units, each processing unit having one or more local cache memories associated and operatively connected therewith. The method comprises providing a snoop filter device associated with each processing unit, each snoop filter device having a plurality of dedicated input ports for receiving snoop requests from dedicated memory writing sources in the multiprocessor computing environment. Each snoop filter device includes a plurality of parallel operating port snoop filters in correspondence with the plurality of dedicated input ports, each port snoop filter implementing one or more parallel operating sub-filter elements that are adapted to concurrently filter snoop requests received from respective dedicated memory writing sources and forward a subset of those requests to its associated processing unit.
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申请公布号 |
US7373462(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.05.13 |
申请号 |
US20050093152 |
申请日期 |
2005.03.29 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
BLUMRICH MATTHIAS A.;CHEN DONG;GARA ALAN G.;GIAMPAPA MARK E.;HEIDELBERGER PHILIP;HOENICKE DIRK I.;OHMACHT MARTIN;SALAPURA VALENTINA;VRANAS PAVLOS M. |
分类号 |
G06F13/28;G06F12/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/28 |
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