The coherence protocol uses the MOESI protocol, which encompasses five possible states: M (modified), O (owned), E (exclusive), S (shared), and I (invalid). These cache states are reflected in ...

Table 1. A common internal protocol can represent all the possible cache states of exisiting commercial cache coherence protocols. Lingua franca: A metaphor from history To help everyone understand ...

In an invalidate-based coherence protocol, the invariant maintained in the system is that only a single owner of a cache line exists in the system. In an update-based system, all copies of the ...

Open Core Protocol (OCP) is a common standard for Intellectual Property (IP)core interfaces. OCP facilitates IP core plug-and-play and simplifies reuse by decoupling the cores from the on-chip ...

The session will discuss OmniXtend, a cache-coherency protocol architecture that exports Tilelink cache-coherence messages on the top of L2 ethernet frames. The presentation will report the results of ...