A method and apparatus link translation lookaside buffer (TLB) purge operations to cache coherency transactions, thereby allowing the TLB purge operations to be performed by hardware without significant software intervention. Computer systems having cache memories associated with multiple cache modules,...http://www.google.com/patents/US6263403?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6263403 - Method and apparatus for linking translation lookaside buffer purge operations to cache coherency transactions
