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Table 2-3. Cache States for Snoops, Invalidation, and Replacements
Type of
Operation
Tags
1
Cache State
Before
Operation
3
Memory Access
3
Cache State After Operation
MESI State
5
Writeback-
Writethrough State
Inquire
Cycle
Physical
shared or exclu-
sive
—
INV=0
shared
writethrough
INV=1
invalid
invalid
modified
burst write (write-
back)
INV=0
shared
writethrough
INV=1
invalid
invalid
Internal
Snoop
Physical
shared or exclu-
sive
—
invalid
invalid
modified
burst write (write-
back)
FLUSH
Signal
Physical
shared or exclu-
sive
—
invalid
invalid
modified
burst write (write-
back)
WBINVD
Instruction
Physical
shared or exclu-
sive
—
invalid
invalid
modified
burst write (write-
back)
INVD
Instruction
—
—
—
invalid
invalid
Cache-Line
Replacement
Physical
shared or exclu-
sive
—
Depends on
replacement-line
characteristics
modified
burst write (write-
back)
Notes:
1. Linear tags are masked by A20M, physical tags are not.
2. Writeback = 32 bytes.
3. MESI state is stored in the physical tags. Instruction-cache state consists only of valid (shared) or invalid, and there are no write-
related states.
— Not applicable or none.
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