US Patent 7415577 Method and apparatus to write back data

Patent 7415577 was granted and assigned to Intel on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7415577

Date of Patent

August 19, 2008

Patent Application Number

10799555

Date Filed

March 10, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kimberly T. Nguyen

Patent abstract

Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus to write back data is provided. The method may include setting a status corresponding to a block of data in response to a change in address mapping to indicate that the block of data is pending write back. The apparatus may include a storage area to store a status associated with a block of data to indicate that the block of data is pending write back and is not accessible with the current address mapping. Other embodiments are described and claimed.