Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for handling data in a cache
- Patent Title (中): 用于处理缓存中的数据的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12656709Application Date: 2010-02-12
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Publication No.: US08375170B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Christopher William Laycock , Antony John Harris , Bruce James Mathewson , Andrew Christopher Rose , Richard Roy Grisenthwaite
- Applicant: Christopher William Laycock , Antony John Harris , Bruce James Mathewson , Andrew Christopher Rose , Richard Roy Grisenthwaite
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus for forming a portion of a coherent cache system comprises at least one master device for performing data processing operations, and a cache coupled to the at least one master device and arranged to store data values for access by that at least one master device when performing the data processing operations. Cache coherency circuitry is responsive to a coherency request from another portion of the coherent cache system to cause a coherency action to be taken in respect of at least one data value stored in the cache. Responsive to an indication that the coherency action has resulted in invalidation of that at least one data value in the cache, refetch control circuitry is used to initiate a refetch of that at least one data value into the cache. Such a mechanism causes the refetch of data into the cache to be triggered by the coherency action performed in response to a coherency request from another portion of the coherent cache system, rather than relying on any actions taken by the at least one master device, thereby providing a very flexible and efficient mechanism for reducing cache latency in a coherent cache system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110202726A1 Apparatus and method for handling data in a cache Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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