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公开(公告)号：US09176876B2
公开(公告)日：2015-11-03
申请号：US13445646
申请日：2012-04-12
申请人： Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Thomas R. Puzak
发明人： Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Thomas R. Puzak
CPC分类号： G06F12/0811 , G06F12/12
摘要： A data processing system includes first and second processing units and a system memory. The first processing unit has first upper and first lower level caches, and the second processing unit has second upper and lower level caches. In response to a data request, a victim cache line to be castout from the first lower level cache is selected, and the first lower level cache selects between performing a lateral castout (LCO) of the victim cache line to the second lower level cache and a castout of the victim cache line to the system memory based upon a confidence indicator associated with the victim cache line. In response to selecting an LCO, the first processing unit issues an LCO command on the interconnect fabric and removes the victim cache line from the first lower level cache, and the second lower level cache holds the victim cache line.
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公开(公告)号：US08856455B2
公开(公告)日：2014-10-07
申请号：US13433022
申请日：2012-03-28
申请人： Sanjeev Ghai , Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeff A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
发明人： Sanjeev Ghai , Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeff A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
CPC分类号： G06F12/0815 , G06F12/0804 , G06F12/0817 , G06F12/0897 , G06F12/126
摘要： A data processing system includes a processor core supported by upper and lower level caches. In response to executing a deallocate instruction in the processor core, a deallocation request is sent from the processor core to the lower level cache, the deallocation request specifying a target address associated with a target cache line. In response to receipt of the deallocation request at the lower level cache, a determination is made if the target address hits in the lower level cache. In response to determining that the target address hits in the lower level cache, the target cache line is retained in a data array of the lower level cache and a replacement order field in a directory of the lower level cache is updated such that the target cache line is more likely to be evicted from the lower level cache in response to a subsequent cache miss.
摘要翻译： 数据处理系统包括由上层和下层高速缓存支持的处理器核心。 响应于在处理器核心中执行取消分配指令，从处理器核心向下级高速缓存发送解除分配请求，所述释放请求指定与目标高速缓存行相关联的目标地址。 响应于在较低级别高速缓存处接收到解除分配请求，确定目标地址是否在较低级别高速缓存中。 为了响应于确定目标地址在较低级别高速缓存中的命中，目标高速缓存行被保留在较低级别高速缓存的数据阵列中，并且更新下级高速缓存的目录中的替换顺序字段，使得目标高速缓存 线路可能会响应于后续的高速缓存未命中而从较低级别的缓存中逐出。
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53.发明授权公开(公告)号：US08645633B2
公开(公告)日：2014-02-04
申请号：US13109249
申请日：2011-05-17
IPC分类号： G06F12/00
CPC分类号： G06F12/145 , G06F9/4552 , G06F12/1045 , G06F2212/1008
摘要： Fine-grained detection of data modification of original data is provided by associating separate guard bits with granules of memory storing the original data from which translated data has been obtained. The guard bits facilitate indicating whether the original data stored in the associated granule is indicated as protected. The guard bits are set and cleared by special-purpose instructions. Responsive to initiating a data store operation to modify the original data, the associated guard bit(s) are checked to determine whether the original data is indicated as protected. Responsive to the checking indicating that a guard bit is set for the associated original data, the data store operation to modify the original data is faulted and the translated data is discarded, thereby facilitating data coherency between the original data and the translated data.
摘要翻译： 通过将单独的保护位与存储已经获得翻译数据的原始数据的存储器的颗粒相关联来提供原始数据的数据修改的细粒度检测。 保护位有助于指示存储在相关联的颗粒中的原始数据是否被指示为受保护的。 保护位通过专用指令进行设置和清除。 响应于启动数据存储操作以修改原始数据，检查相关联的保护位以确定原始数据是否被指示为受保护的。 响应于指示为相关联的原始数据设置了保护位的检查，修改原始数据的数据存储操作发生故障，并且转换的数据被丢弃，从而促进原始数据和转换的数据之间的数据一致性。
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54.发明申请AGGREGATE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING SYNTHETIC COMPUTERS 有权具有多重叠加合成计算机的综合数据处理系统公开(公告)号：US20120324189A1
公开(公告)日：2012-12-20
申请号：US13599856
申请日：2012-08-30
IPC分类号： G06F12/14
CPC分类号： G06F12/0813 , G06F12/0284 , G06F15/167
摘要： A first SMP computer has first and second processing units and a first system memory pool, a second SMP computer has third and fourth processing units and a second system memory pool, and a third SMP computer has at least fifth and sixth processing units and third, fourth and fifth system memory pools. The fourth system memory pool is inaccessible to the third, fourth and sixth processing units and accessible to at least the second and fifth processing units, and the fifth system memory pool is inaccessible to the first, second and sixth processing units and accessible to at least the fourth and fifth processing units. A first interconnect couples the second processing unit for load-store coherent, ordered access to the fourth system memory pool, and a second interconnect couples the fourth processing unit for load-store coherent, ordered access to the fifth system memory pool.
摘要翻译： 第一SMP计算机具有第一和第二处理单元和第一系统存储器池，第二SMP计算机具有第三和第四处理单元和第二系统存储器池，并且第三SMP计算机具有至少第五和第六处理单元，第三SMP计算机具有至少第五和第六处理单元， 第四和第五系统内存池。 第四系统存储器池对于第三，第四和第六处理单元是不可访问的，并且可访问至少第二和第五处理单元，并且第五系统存储器池对于第一，第二和第六处理单元是不可访问的，并且至少可访问 第四和第五处理单元。 第一互连耦合第二处理单元，用于对第四系统存储池进行加载存储相关的有序访问，并且第二互连耦合第四处理单元，用于加载存储相关的有序访问到第五系统存储池。
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公开(公告)号：US08095733B2
公开(公告)日：2012-01-10
申请号：US12419343
申请日：2009-04-07
CPC分类号： G06F12/0811 , G06F9/30101 , G06F9/3851 , G06F9/522
摘要： A data processing system includes an interconnect fabric, a system memory coupled to the interconnect fabric and including a virtual barrier synchronization region allocated to storage of virtual barrier synchronization registers (VBSRs), and a plurality of processing units coupled to the interconnect fabric and operable to access the virtual barrier synchronization region. Each of the plurality of processing units includes a processor core and a cache memory including a cache controller and a cache array that caches VBSR lines from the virtual barrier synchronization region of the system memory. The cache controller of a first processing unit, responsive to a memory access request from its processor core that targets a first VBSR line, transfers responsibility for writing back to the virtual barrier synchronization region a second VBSR line contemporaneously held in the cache arrays of first, second and third processing units. The responsibility is transferred via an election held over the interconnect fabric.
摘要翻译： 数据处理系统包括互连结构，耦合到互连结构并包括分配给虚拟屏障同步寄存器（VBSR）的存储的虚拟屏障同步区域的系统存储器，以及耦合到互连结构的多个处理单元， 访问虚拟屏障同步区域。 多个处理单元中的每一个包括处理器核心和高速缓存存储器，其包括高速缓存控制器和从系统存储器的虚拟屏障同步区域缓存VBSR行的高速缓存阵列。 响应于来自其处理器核心的第一VBSR线路的存储器访问请求的第一处理单元的高速缓存控制器将负责向第一虚拟屏障同步区域写回同时保存在第一VBSR线路的高速缓存阵列中的第二VBSR线路， 第二和第三处理单元。 通过互连结构上的选举来转移责任。
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56.发明申请FORMATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE OWNERSHIP COHERENCE STATE IN A LOWER LEVEL CACHE 有权在较低级别的高速缓存中形成独家所有权的相关状态公开(公告)号：US20110161588A1
公开(公告)日：2011-06-30
申请号：US12649725
申请日：2009-12-30
申请人： Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
发明人： Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
CPC分类号： G06F12/0811 , G06F9/3834 , G06F12/0815 , G06F12/0831 , Y02D10/13
摘要： In response to a memory access request of a processor core that targets a target cache line, the lower level cache of a vertical cache hierarchy associated with the processor core supplies a copy of the target cache line to an upper level cache in the vertical cache hierarchy and retains a copy in a shared coherence state. The upper level cache holds the copy of the target cache line in a private shared ownership coherence state indicating that each cached copy of the target memory block is cached within the vertical cache hierarchy associated with the processor core. In response to the upper level cache signaling replacement of the copy of the target cache line in the private shared ownership coherence state, the lower level cache updates its copy of the target cache line to the exclusive ownership coherence state without coherency messaging with other vertical cache hierarchies.
摘要翻译： 响应于针对目标高速缓存线的处理器核心的存储器访问请求，与处理器核心相关联的垂直高速缓存层级的较低级缓存将目标高速缓存行的副本提供给垂直高速缓存层级中的高级缓存 并保留共享一致状态的副本。 高级缓存将目标高速缓存行的副本保存在私有共享所有权一致状态中，指示目标存储器块的每个高速缓存副本被缓存在与处理器核心相关联的垂直高速缓存层级内。 响应于在私有共享所有权相干状态下高级缓存信令替换目标高速缓存行的副本，下级缓存将其目标高速缓存行的副本更新为独占所有权相干状态，而不与其他垂直高速缓存的一致性消息传递 层次结构。
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57.发明申请Aggregate Data Processing System Having Multiple Overlapping Synthetic Computers 有权具有多重重合成计算机的综合数据处理系统公开(公告)号：US20110153943A1
公开(公告)日：2011-06-23
申请号：US12643800
申请日：2009-12-21
CPC分类号： G06F12/0813 , G06F12/0284 , G06F15/167
摘要： A first SMP computer has first and second processing units and a first system memory pool, a second SMP computer has third and fourth processing units and a second system memory pool, and a third SMP computer has at least fifth and sixth processing units and third, fourth and fifth system memory pools. The fourth system memory pool is inaccessible to the third, fourth and sixth processing units and accessible to at least the second and fifth processing units, and the fifth system memory pool is inaccessible to the first, second and sixth processing units and accessible to at least the fourth and fifth processing units. A first interconnect couples the second processing unit for load-store coherent, ordered access to the fourth system memory pool, and a second interconnect couples the fourth processing unit for load-store coherent, ordered access to the fifth system memory pool.
摘要翻译： 第一SMP计算机具有第一和第二处理单元和第一系统存储器池，第二SMP计算机具有第三和第四处理单元和第二系统存储器池，并且第三SMP计算机具有至少第五和第六处理单元，第三SMP计算机具有至少第五和第六处理单元， 第四和第五系统内存池。 第四系统存储器池对于第三，第四和第六处理单元是不可访问的，并且可访问至少第二和第五处理单元，并且第五系统存储器池对于第一，第二和第六处理单元是不可访问的，并且至少可访问 第四和第五处理单元。 第一互连耦合第二处理单元，用于对第四系统存储池进行加载存储相关的有序访问，并且第二互连耦合第四处理单元，用于加载存储相关的有序访问到第五系统存储池。
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公开(公告)号：US20100268884A1
公开(公告)日：2010-10-21
申请号：US12424434
申请日：2009-04-15
申请人： David W. Cummings , Guy L. Guthrie , Hugh Shen , William J. Starke , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
发明人： David W. Cummings , Guy L. Guthrie , Hugh Shen , William J. Starke , Derek E. Williams , Phillip G. Williams
CPC分类号： G06F12/0822 , G06F12/0897 , G06F2212/507
摘要： A processing unit for a data processing system includes a processor core having one or more execution units for processing instructions and a register file for storing data accessed in processing of the instructions. The processing unit also includes a multi-level cache hierarchy coupled to and supporting the processor core. The multi-level cache hierarchy includes at least one upper level of cache memory having a lower access latency and at least one lower level of cache memory having a higher access latency. The lower level of cache memory, responsive to receipt of a memory access request that hits only a partial cache line in the lower level cache memory, sources the partial cache line to the at least one upper level cache memory to service the memory access request. The at least one upper level cache memory services the memory access request without caching the partial cache line.
摘要翻译： 用于数据处理系统的处理单元包括具有一个或多个用于处理指令的执行单元的处理器核心和用于存储在指令处理中访问的数据的寄存器文件。 处理单元还包括耦合到并支持处理器核的多级高速缓存层级。 多级高速缓存层级包括具有较低访问延迟的至少一个高级缓存存储器和具有较高访问延迟的至少一个较低级别的高速缓存存储器。 响应于仅接收低级高速缓冲存储器中的部分高速缓存行的存储器访问请求的响应，较低级别的高速缓存存储器将部分高速缓存行源送到至少一个上级高速缓冲存储器以服务存储器访问请求。 至少一个上级缓存存储器服务于存储器访问请求，而不缓存部分高速缓存行。
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59.发明授权Reducing number of rejected snoop requests by extending time to respond to snoop request 失效通过延长响应窥探请求的时间来减少被拒绝的窥探请求数公开(公告)号：US07818511B2
公开(公告)日：2010-10-19
申请号：US11847941
申请日：2007-08-30
申请人： Benjiman L. Goodman , Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams
发明人： Benjiman L. Goodman , Guy L. Guthrie , William J. Starke , Jeffrey A. Stuecheli , Derek E. Williams
IPC分类号： G06F12/00
CPC分类号： G06F12/0831
摘要： A cache, system and method for reducing the number of rejected snoop requests. A “stall/reorder unit” in a cache receives a snoop request from an interconnect. Information, such as the address, of the snoop request is stored in a queue of the stall/reorder unit. The stall/reorder unit forwards the snoop request to a selector which also receives a request from a processor. An arbitration mechanism selects either the snoop request or the request from the processor. If the snoop request is denied by the arbitration mechanism, information, e.g., address, about the snoop request may be maintained in the stall/reorder unit. The request may be later resent to the selector. This process may be repeated up to “n” clock cycles. By providing the snoop request additional opportunities (n clock cycles) to be accepted by the arbitration mechanism, fewer snoop requests may ultimately be denied.
摘要翻译： 用于减少拒绝的窥探请求数量的缓存，系统和方法。 缓存中的“停止/重新排序单元”从互连中接收窥探请求。 窥探请求的诸如地址的信息被存储在失速/重新排序单元的队列中。 停止/重新排序单元将窥探请求转发到也从处理器接收请求的选择器。 仲裁机制选择来自处理器的窥探请求或请求。 如果侦听请求被仲裁机制拒绝，关于窥探请求的信息（例如地址）可以被保留在停止/重新排序单元中。 请求可能会稍后重新发送到选择器。 该过程可以重复直到“n”个时钟周期。 通过提供窥探请求仲裁机制接受的额外机会（n个时钟周期），最终可能会拒绝更少的侦听请求。
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公开(公告)号：US20100257316A1
公开(公告)日：2010-10-07
申请号：US12419343
申请日：2009-04-07
CPC分类号： G06F12/0811 , G06F9/30101 , G06F9/3851 , G06F9/522
摘要： A data processing system includes an interconnect fabric, a system memory coupled to the interconnect fabric and including a virtual barrier synchronization region allocated to storage of virtual barrier synchronization registers (VBSRs), and a plurality of processing units coupled to the interconnect fabric and operable to access the virtual barrier synchronization region. Each of the plurality of processing units includes a processor core and a cache memory including a cache controller and a cache array that caches VBSR lines from the virtual barrier synchronization region of the system memory. The cache controller of a first processing unit, responsive to a memory access request from its processor core that targets a first VBSR line, transfers responsibility for writing back to the virtual barrier synchronization region a second VBSR line contemporaneously held in the cache arrays of first, second and third processing units. The responsibility is transferred via an election held over the interconnect fabric.
摘要翻译： 数据处理系统包括互连结构，耦合到互连结构并包括分配给虚拟屏障同步寄存器（VBSR）的存储的虚拟屏障同步区域的系统存储器，以及耦合到互连结构的多个处理单元， 访问虚拟屏障同步区域。 多个处理单元中的每一个包括处理器核心和高速缓存存储器，其包括高速缓存控制器和从系统存储器的虚拟屏障同步区域缓存VBSR行的高速缓存阵列。 响应于来自其处理器核心的第一VBSR线路的存储器访问请求的第一处理单元的高速缓存控制器将负责向第一虚拟屏障同步区域写回同时保存在第一VBSR线路的高速缓存阵列中的第二VBSR线路， 第二和第三处理单元。 通过互连结构上的选举来转移责任。
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