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Apparatus for maintaining coherency of cache memory data

Patent 5623629 Issued on April 22, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 14, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 323501 filed on 10/14/1994

US Classes:

711/141, Coherency711/146Snooping

Examiners

Primary: Treat, William M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 012/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1990-08-08 JP

Abstract

A data processor for maintaining coherency of data in a cache memory. The processor includes two memory-data-coherency maintaining devices and an operation mode changing device for changing a combination of operation modes of the maintaining devices, thereby enabling one kind of data processor to be adaptable to a plurality of different system structures and optimum memory-data-coherency to be maintained.

Other References

  • High Performance 32-Bit Cache Controller, Intel Corporation Oct., 1987, pp. 5-11
  • MC68040: 32-Bit Microprocessor User's Manual, Motorola Inc., 1989, pp. 7-1 through 7-19
  • I-486 Microprocessor, Intel Corp., pp. 2-9 and 78-83 and 88-89 and 116-119, 1991 but orginally published in 198
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