MIPS R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual - SGI TechPubs Library

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Cache Organization and Coherency
Primary Instruction Cache ............................................................................................................46
Primary Data Cache .......................................................................................................................48
Secondary Cache.............................................................................................................................51
Cache Algorithms...........................................................................................................................53
Descriptions of the Cache Algorithms ..............................................................................54
Uncached .....................................................................................................................54
Cacheable Noncoherent ............................................................................................54
Cacheable Coherent Exclusive .................................................................................54
Cacheable Coherent Exclusive on Write.................................................................54
Uncached Accelerated ...............................................................................................55
Relationship Between Cached and Uncached Operations.......................................................56
Cache Algorithms and Processor Requests ................................................................................57
Cache Block Ownership ................................................................................................................58
Version 2.0 of January 29, 1997 MIPS R10000 Microprocessor User's Manual