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Patent Inventor Names
Frederick George Fellenser0
Josh David Collier0
Date of Patent
April 24, 2007
0Patent Application Number
106179240
Date Filed
July 11, 2003
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An apparatus containing a maintenance interface unit is described. In one exemplary implementation, the apparatus includes a multiprocessor system and the maintenance interface unit. The multiprocessor system uses cache coherency for accessing memory. The maintenance interface unit is integrated within the multiprocessor system and is configured to provide a backdoor accessibility to the multiprocessor system on-behalf of a peripheral maintenance system. The maintenance interface unit is also configured to perform operations within the multiprocessor system while maintaining the cache coherency.
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