摘要:
Preventing request conflicts within microprocessors and/or computer systems. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a technique to manage request conflicts within a processor and/or computer system in which a number of accesses may be made to a particular cache or group of caches shared amongst a set of cores or processors or agents.
摘要:
Preventing cache conflicts within microprocessors and/or computer systems. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a technique to prevent cache conflicts within a processor and/or computer system in which a number of accesses may be made to a particular cache or group of caches.
摘要:
A caching architecture within a microprocessor to filter core cache accesses. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a technique to manage transactions, such as snoops, within a processor having a number of processor core caches and an inclusive shared cache.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus to manage credits in a computing system with multiple banks of shared cache are described. In one embodiment, a credit request from a processor core is translated into a physical credit that corresponds to one of the multiple banks of shared cache.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus to manage credits in a computing system with multiple banks of shared cache are described. In one embodiment, a credit request from a processor core is translated into a physical credit that corresponds to one of the multiple banks of shared cache.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for cache coherency sequencing implementation and an adaptive LLC access priority control is disclosed. One embodiment provides mechanisms to resolve last level cache access priority among multiple internal CMP cores, internal snoops and external snoops. Another embodiment provides mechanisms for implementing cache coherency in multi-core CMP system.
摘要:
A system and method to provide source controlled dynamic power management. An activity detector in a source determines expected future resource usage. Based on that expected usage, the source generates a power management command and sends that command to a destination. The destination then adjusts the power level of the resource based in the command.
摘要:
According to one embodiment of the invention, an activity detector comprises a resource partitioned into a plurality of chunks, a power controller and an activity detection unit. In communication with the activity detector and the resource, the power controller, based on measured activity by the activity detector, activates an additional chunk of the plurality of chunks and assigned the additional chunk to a specified agent or deactivates at least one chunk of the plurality of chunks.
摘要:
A method and apparatus to monitor architecture events is disclosed. The architecture events are linked together via a push bus mechanism with each architectural event having a designated time slot. There is at least one branch of the push bus in each core. Each branch of the push bus may monitor one core with all the architectural events. All the data collected from the events by the push bus is then sent to a power control unit.
摘要:
According to one embodiment of the invention, an activity detector comprises a resource partitioned into a plurality of chunks, a power controller and an activity detection unit. In communication with the activity detector and the resource, the power controller, based on measured activity by the activity detector, activates an additional chunk of the plurality of chunks and assigned the additional chunk to a specified agent or deactivates at least one chunk of the plurality of chunks.