Inventors:
Kai Cheng - Portland OR, US
Rob Milstrey - Citrus Heights CA, US
Jeffrey Gilbert - Portland OR, US
Liqun Cheng - Salt Lake City UT, US
Lily Looi - Portland OR, US
Faye Briggs - Portland OR, US
International Classification:
G06F 13/28
Abstract:
A system and method for maintaining data coherency in a multiprocessor environment. The system includes a snoop filter that maintains a representation of the organization and context of each last level cache on the system. The representative is updated with each request which each include a hint to the location where requested data will be stored in the last level cache.