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Methods and apparatus for responding to a request cluster

  • US 20030212741A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2002
  • Published: 11/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a home cluster including a first plurality of processors and a home cache coherence controller, the first plurality of processors and the home cache coherence controller interconnected in a point-to-point architecture;

    wherein the home cache coherence controller is configured to send a probe to a remote cluster upon receiving a cache access request from a request cluster, wherein the probe includes information directing the remote cluster to send a probe response corresponding to the request to the request cluster.

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