Invention Grant
US08015363B2 Cache consistency in a multiprocessor system with shared memory
有权
具有共享内存的多处理器系统中的缓存一致性
- Patent Title: Cache consistency in a multiprocessor system with shared memory
- Patent Title (中): 具有共享内存的多处理器系统中的缓存一致性
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Application No.: US12560239Application Date: 2009-09-15
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Publication No.: US08015363B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Jean-Philippe Cousin , Jean-Jose Berenguer , Gilles Pelissier
- Applicant: Jean-Philippe Cousin , Jean-Jose Berenguer , Gilles Pelissier
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: FR0506657 20050629
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract:
A process to make the cache memory of a processor consistent includes the processor processing a request to write data to an address in its memory marked as being in the shared state. The address is transmitted to the other processors, data are written into the processor's cache memory and the address changes to the modified state. An appended memory associated with the processor memorizes the address, the data and an associated marker in a first state. The processor then receives the address with an indicator. If the indicator indicates that the processor must perform the operation and if the associated marker is in the first state, the data are kept in the modified state. If the indicator does not indicate that the processor must perform the operation and if the processor receives an order to mark the data to be in the invalid state, the marker changes to a second state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100011171A1 CACHE CONSISTENCY IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM WITH SHARED MEMORY Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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