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Methods and apparatus for providing cache state information

  • US 20040236912A1
  • Filed: 05/20/2003
  • Published: 11/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a request cluster including a first plurality of nodes and a request cache coherence controller, the first plurality of nodes having a first plurality of processors and a first plurality of caches associated with the first plurality of processors, the request cache coherence controller associated with a remote data cache, wherein the remote data cache holds data in memory lines of nonrequest clusters;

    a home cluster including a second plurality of processors and a request cache coherence controller, the second plurality of processors interconnected in a point-to-point architecture.

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