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    • 1. 发明申请
    • LOAD REQUEST SCHEDULING IN A CACHE HIERARCHY
    • 缓存中的加载请求调度
    • US20100268882A1
    • 2010-10-21
    • US12424207
    • 2009-04-15
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieStephen James PowellWilliam John StarkeJeffrey A. Stuecheli
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieStephen James PowellWilliam John StarkeJeffrey A. Stuecheli
    • G06F12/08G06F12/12
    • G06F12/123G06F12/084G06F12/0897
    • A system and method for tracking core load requests and providing arbitration and ordering of requests. When a core interface unit (CIU) receives a load operation from the processor core, a new entry in allocated in a queue of the CIU. In response to allocating the new entry in the queue, the CIU detects contention between the load request and another memory access request. In response to detecting contention, the load request may be suspended until the contention is resolved. Received load requests may be stored in the queue and tracked using a least recently used (LRU) mechanism. The load request may then be processed when the load request resides in a least recently used entry in the load request queue. CIU may also suspend issuing an instruction unless a read claim (RC) machine is available. In another embodiment, CIU may issue stored load requests in a specific priority order.
    • 用于跟踪核心负载请求并提供仲裁和请求排序的系统和方法。 当核心接口单元(CIU)从处理器核心接收到加载操作时,分配在CIU队列中的新条目。 响应于在队列中分配新条目,CIU检测加载请求和另一个存储器访问请求之间的争用。 响应于检测到争用,负载请求可以被暂停,直到争用被解决。 接收到的加载请求可以存储在队列中,并使用最近最少使用的(LRU)机制进行跟踪。 然后可以在加载请求驻留在加载请求队列中最近最少使用的条目中时处理加载请求。 除非读取权利要求(RC)机器可用,否则CIU也可以暂停发出指令。 在另一个实施例中,CIU可以以特定优先级顺序发布存储的加载请求。
    • 2. 发明授权
    • Method and data processing system for microprocessor communication using a processor interconnect in a multi-processor system
    • 用于在多处理器系统中使用处理器互连的微处理器通信的方法和数据处理系统
    • US07493417B2
    • 2009-02-17
    • US10318515
    • 2002-12-12
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniDerek Edward WilliamsKenneth Lee Wright
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniDerek Edward WilliamsKenneth Lee Wright
    • G06F15/16
    • G06F15/167
    • Processor communication registers (PCRs) contained in each processor within a multiprocessor system and interconnected by a specialized bus provides enhanced processor communication. Each PCR stores identical processor communication information that is useful in pipelined or parallel multi-processing. Each processor has exclusive rights to store to a sector within each PCR and has continuous access to read the contents of its own PCR. Each processor updates its exclusive sector within all of the PCRs utilizing communication over the specialized bus, instantly allowing all of the other processors to see the change within the PCR data, and bypassing the cache subsystem. Efficiency is enhanced within the multiprocessor system by providing processor communications to be immediately transferred into all processors without momentarily restricting access to the information or forcing all the processors to be continually contending for the same cache line, and thereby overwhelming the interconnect and memory system with an endless stream of load, store and invalidate commands.
    • 处理器通信寄存器(PCR)包含在多处理器系统中的每个处理器中并由专用总线互连提供增强的处理器通信。 每个PCR存储在流水线或并行多处理中有用的相同的处理器通信信息。 每个处理器具有存储在每个PCR内的扇区的专有权利,并且具有连续访问以读取其自己的PCR的内容。 每个处理器利用专用总线上的通信在所有PCR中更新其独占扇区,立即允许所有其他处理器查看PCR数据内的变化,并绕过高速缓存子系统。 通过提供处理器通信以立即转移到所有处理器中而不会立即限制对信息的访问或迫使所有处理器连续地竞争相同的高速缓存行,从而将互连和存储系统压倒在一起,从而在多处理器系统中提高效率 无限流的加载,存储和无效命令。
    • 3. 发明授权
    • System and method to stall dispatch of gathered store operations in a store queue using a timer
    • 使用定时器将存储队列中收集的存储操作分派的系统和方法停止
    • US07089364B2
    • 2006-08-08
    • US10825188
    • 2004-04-15
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniHugh ShenDerek Edward Williams
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniHugh ShenDerek Edward Williams
    • G06F12/12
    • G06F12/0897G06F9/30043G06F9/3824G06F9/3834G06F12/0804
    • A method and processor system that substantially enhances the store gathering capabilities of a store queue entry to enable gathering of a maximum number of proximate-in-time store operations before the entry is selected for dispatch. A counter is provided for each entry to track a time since a last gather to the entry. When a new gather does not occur before the counter reaches a threshold saturation point, the entry is signaled ready for dispatch. By defining an optimum threshold saturation point before the counter expires, sufficient time is provided for the entry to gather a proximate-in-time store operation. The entry may be deemed eligible for selection when certain conditions occur, including the entry becoming full, issuance of a barrier operation, and saturation of the counter. The use of the counter increases the ability of a store queue entry to complete gathering of enough store operations to update an entire cache line before that entry is dispatched to an RC machine.
    • 一种方法和处理器系统,其基本上增强了存储队列条目的存储收集能力,以便能够在该条目被选择用于发送之前收集最大数量的接近时间存储操作。 为每个条目提供一个计数器,以跟踪从上次收集到条目的时间。 当计数器达到阈值饱和点之前没有发生新的聚合时,该信号将被发出准备就绪。 通过在计数器到期之前定义最佳阈值饱和点,为入口提供足够的时间来收集即时存储操作。 当某些条件发生时,该条目可能被视为有资格进行选择,包括条目变满,发出屏障操作和计数器饱和。 计数器的使用增加了存储队列条目完成收集足够的存储操作以在将该条目分派到RC机器之前更新整个高速缓存行的能力。
    • 4. 发明授权
    • Integrated purge store mechanism to flush L2/L3 cache structure for improved reliabity and serviceability
    • 集成的清除存储机制来刷新L2 / L3缓存结构,以提高可靠性和可维护性
    • US07055002B2
    • 2006-05-30
    • US10424486
    • 2003-04-25
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieKevin Franklin ReickDerek Edward Williams
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieKevin Franklin ReickDerek Edward Williams
    • G06F13/00
    • G06F12/0804G06F12/0897
    • A method of reducing errors in a cache memory of a computer system (e.g., an L2 cache) by periodically issuing a series of purge commands to the L2 cache, sequentially flushing cache lines from the L2 cache to an L3 cache in response to the purge commands, and correcting errors (single-bit) in the cache lines as they are flushed to the L3 cache. Purge commands are issued only when the processor cores associated with the L2 cache have an idle cycle available in a store pipe to the cache. The flush rate of the purge commands can be programmably set, and the purge mechanism can be implemented either in software running on the computer system, or in hardware integrated with the L2 cache. In the case of the software, the purge mechanism can be incorporated into the operating system. In the case of hardware, a purge engine can be provided which advantageously utilizes the store pipe that is provided between the L1 and L2 caches. The L2 cache can be forced to victimize cache lines, by setting tag bits for the cache lines to a value that misses in the L2 cache (e.g., cache-inhibited space). With the eviction mechanism of the cache placed in a direct-mapped mode, the address misses will result in eviction of the cache lines, thereby flushing them to the L3 cache.
    • 通过周期性地向L2高速缓存发出一系列清除命令来减少计算机系统(例如,L2高速缓存)的高速缓冲存储器中的错误的方法,响应于清除,将缓存行从L2高速缓存刷新到L3高速缓存 命令和纠正高速缓存行中的错误(单位),因为它们被刷新到L3高速缓存。 清除命令仅在与L2缓存关联的处理器核心具有可用于缓存的存储管道中的空闲周期时发出。 清除命令的刷新速率可以可编程设置,并且清除机制可以在计算机系统上运行的软件中,也可以在与L2缓存集成的硬件中实现。 在软件的情况下,可以将清除机构并入操作系统。 在硬件的情况下,可以提供有利地利用设置在L1和L2高速缓存之间的存储管道的清洗引擎。 通过将高速缓存行的标记位设置为L2高速缓存中缺少的值(例如,禁止高速缓存的空间),L2高速缓存可能被迫使高速缓存行受害。 由于高速缓存的驱逐机制处于直接映射模式,地址未命中将导致高速缓存线的驱逐,从而将它们刷新到L3高速缓存。
    • 7. 发明授权
    • Method, processing unit and data processing system for microprocessor communication in a multi-processor system
    • 用于多处理器系统中微处理器通信的方法,处理单元和数据处理系统
    • US07356568B2
    • 2008-04-08
    • US10318514
    • 2002-12-12
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniDerek Edward WilliamsKenneth Lee Wright
    • Ravi Kumar ArimilliRobert Alan CargnoniDerek Edward WilliamsKenneth Lee Wright
    • G06F13/00
    • G06F9/30101
    • A processor communication register (PCR) contained in each processor within a multiprocessor system provides enhanced processor communication. Each PCR stores identical processor communication information that is useful in pipelined or parallel multi-processing. Each processor has exclusive rights to store to a sector within each PCR and has continuous access to read the contents of its own PCR. Each processor updates its exclusive sector within all of the PCRs, instantly allowing all of the other processors to see the change within the PCR data, and bypassing the cache subsystem. Efficiency is enhanced within the multiprocessor system by providing processor communications to be immediately transferred into all processors without momentarily restricting access to the information or forcing all the processors to be continually contending for the same cache line, and thereby overwhelming the interconnect and memory system with an endless stream of load, store and invalidate commands.
    • 包含在多处理器系统内的每个处理器中的处理器通信寄存器(PCR)提供增强的处理器通信。 每个PCR存储在流水线或并行多处理中有用的相同的处理器通信信息。 每个处理器具有存储在每个PCR内的扇区的专有权利,并且具有连续访问以读取其自己的PCR的内容。 每个处理器在所有PCR中更新其独占扇区,立即允许所有其他处理器查看PCR数据中的更改,并绕过缓存子系统。 通过提供处理器通信以立即转移到所有处理器中而不会立即限制对信息的访问或迫使所有处理器连续地竞争相同的高速缓存行,从而将互连和存储系统压倒在一起,从而在多处理器系统中提高效率 无限流的加载,存储和无效命令。
    • 8. 发明授权
    • Application of special ECC matrix for solving stuck bit faults in an ECC protected mechanism
    • 在ECC保护机制中应用特殊ECC矩阵解决卡位故障
    • US07069494B2
    • 2006-06-27
    • US10418549
    • 2003-04-17
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieKirk Samuel LivingstonWilliam John Starke
    • Robert Alan CargnoniGuy Lynn GuthrieKirk Samuel LivingstonWilliam John Starke
    • H03M13/11
    • G06F11/1064H03M13/13
    • A method of correcting an error in an ECC protected mechanism of a computer system, such as a cache or system bus, by applying data with a number of bits N to an error correction code (ECC) matrix to yield an error detection syndrome, wherein the ECC matrix has a plurality of rows and columns with a given column corresponding to a respective one of the data bits, and selected bits are set in the ECC matrix along each column and each row such that encoding for the ECC matrix allows N-bit error correction and (N−1)-bit error detection. In the illustrative embodiment, the ECC matrix has an odd number of bits set in each row thereof. In the case of an ECC protected mechanism such as a memory device, these properties facilitate the use of an inversion bit for correcting hard faults in the stored data. When an error is detected and after it is corrected, the corrected data is inverted and then rewritten to the cache array. The corresponding inversion bit for this entry is accordingly set to indicate that the data as currently stored is inverted. Thereafter, the data is re-read from the array, and if the error was due to a hard fault (stuck bit), it will appear correct (after applying the polarity indicated by the inversion bit), since the inversion will have changed the value of the defective bit to the stuck value. The inversion bit may be part of the data itself. In this case, one of the columns in the ECC matrix corresponds to the inversion bit, and each bit in that column of the matrix is set. In the case of an ECC protected mechanism such as a system bus, once a stuck bit condition is detected, the sending device can elect to send data such that the polarity of the data for that bit is always flipped to match the logic level of the stuck value on the wire. This approach allows for full single-bit correct, double-bit detect even in the presence of a stuck bit.
    • 一种通过将具有多个位N的数据应用于纠错码(ECC)矩阵来校正诸如高速缓存或系统总线的计算机系统的ECC保护机制中的错误的方法,以产生错误检测综合征,其中 ECC矩阵具有多个行和列,给定列对应于相应的一个数据位,并且所选择的位在每个列和每行的ECC矩阵中被设置,使得对于ECC矩阵的编码允许N位 纠错和(N-1)位错误检测。 在说明性实施例中,ECC矩阵在其每行中设置奇数位。 在诸如存储器件的ECC保护机制的情况下,这些属性有利于使用反转位来校正所存储的数据中的硬故障。 当检测到错误并且在其被校正之后,校正的数据被反转,然后被重写到高速缓存阵列。 因此,该条目的相应的反转位被设置为指示当前存储的数据被反转。 此后,数据从阵列重新读取,如果错误是由于硬故障(卡位)引起的,则会显示正确的(应用反转位指示的极性后),因为反转将会改变 有缺陷位的值到卡住值。 反转位可能是数据本身的一部分。 在这种情况下,ECC矩阵中的列之一对应于反转比特,矩阵的该列中的每个比特被设置。 在诸如系统总线的ECC保护机制的情况下,一旦检测到卡位状态,发送设备就可以选择发送数据,使得该位的数据的极性总是被翻转以匹配 在线上卡住了值。 这种方法允许完全单位正确,双位检测,即使存在卡位。