Patent ID: 6266741
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of providing a value to a cache used in a computer system, comprising the steps of:loading the value into a memory array of the computer system;forwarding an address of the value, from a higher level of the cache to a lower level of the cache, using a higher level bus;determining that a cache miss of the value has occurred at the lower level of the cache;forwarding the address, from the lower level of the cache to the memory array, using a lower level bus;transmitting the value, from the memory array to the lower level of the cache, using the lower level bus;acknowledging said forwarding of the address from the lower level of the cache, after said step of transmitting the value from the memory array; andacknowledging said forwarding of the address from the higher level of the cache, in response to said transmitting step.