Inventors:
Rameshkumar Illikkal - Portland OR, US
Ravishankar Iyer - Portland OR, US
Li Zhao - Beaverton OR, US
Donald Newell - Portland OR, US
Carl Lebsack - Ames IA, US
Quinn A. Jacobson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Suresh Srinivas - Portland OR, US
Mingqiu Sun - Beaverton OR, US
Assignee:
Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
G06F 12/00
US Classification:
711118, 711133, 711141, 711E12016, 711E12026
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for associating a first identifier with data stored by a first agent in a cache line of a cache to indicate the identity of the first agent, and storing the first identifier with the data in the cache line and updating at least one of a plurality of counters associated with the first agent in a metadata storage in the cache, where the counter includes information regarding inter-agent interaction with respect to the cache line. Other embodiments are described and claimed.