Bruce L. Beukema - Hayfield MN, US Russell D. Hoover - Rochester MN, US Jon K. Kriegel - Rochester MN, US Eric O. Mejdrich - Rochester MN, US Sandra S. Woodward - Rochester MN, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 12/00
US Classification:
711141, 711146, 711133
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for reducing the amount of latency involved when accessing, by a remote device, data residing in a cache of a processor are provided. For some embodiments, virtual channels may be utilized to conduct request/response transactions between the remote device and processor that satisfy a set of associated coherency rules.