Patent ID: 11899614
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method comprising:
determining whether a memory access message processed by circuitry of a graphics processor includes a first cache attribute, the memory access message to access data of a memory device of the graphics processor on behalf of a graphics engine of the graphics processor and the first cache attribute to indicate whether the data is cacheable within a first cache of the graphics processor;
determining whether state information associated with the data includes a second cache attribute that indicates whether the data is cacheable within the first cache;
arbitrating between the first cache attribute and the second cache attribute according to presence or absence of the first cache attribute and the second cache attribute and respective priorities associated with the first cache attribute and the second cache attribute; and
transmitting a memory access request to the first cache, the memory access request including arbitrated cache attributes.