One possible enhancement to reduce the effect of locking-out a controller: updating the processor-side tags only when the cache data is modified rather than immediately when the bus-side tags are updated (see chapter 6.2.1 of the course book for more details)
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@azeyara, I'm a little confused by your comment. Could someone please give an example of how this enhancement would work, and when it would help? Thanks!
One possible enhancement to reduce the effect of locking-out a controller: updating the processor-side tags only when the cache data is modified rather than immediately when the bus-side tags are updated (see chapter 6.2.1 of the course book for more details)
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@azeyara, I'm a little confused by your comment. Could someone please give an example of how this enhancement would work, and when it would help? Thanks!
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