QG5000XSL9TH Datasheet, PDF (302/458 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel 5000X Chipset Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

Figure 5-1. Snoop Filter
PROC 0
Functional Description
PROC 1
FSB0
FSB1
Coherency
Engine
8K
Sets
16 - Way
Affinity
Group 0
16 - Way
Affinity
Group 1
CDM
MEM IO
The SF stores the tags and coherency state information for all cache lines in the
system. The SF is used to determine if a cache line associated with an address is
cached in the system and where. The coherency protocol engine (CE) accesses the SF
to look-up an entry, update/add an entry, or invalidate an entry in the snoop filter.
The SF has the following features:
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