公开(公告)号：GB2460337B

公开(公告)日：2010-12-15

申请号：GB0909103

申请日：2009-05-27

Applicant: INTEL CORP

Inventor： KURTS TSVIKA ,  CHENG KAI ,  GILBERT JEFFREY ,  MANDELBLAT JULIUS

IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an indication of a pending capacity eviction from a caching agent, determining whether an invalidating writeback transaction from the caching agent is likely for a cache line associated with the pending capacity eviction, and if so moving a snoop filter entry associated with the cache line from a snoop filter to a staging area. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：DE102009022151A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：DE102009022151

申请日：2009-05-20

Applicant: INTEL CORP

Inventor： KURTS TSVIKA ,  CHENG KAI ,  GILBERT JEFFREY D ,  MANDELBLAT JULIUS

IPC: G06F12/12

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an indication of a pending capacity eviction from a caching agent, determining whether an invalidating writeback transaction from the caching agent is likely for a cache line associated with the pending capacity eviction, and if so moving a snoop filter entry associated with the cache line from a snoop filter to a staging area. Other embodiments are described and claimed.