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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (80855)	5/28/2002 6:10:30 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

"Nothing gets overwritten here, Ali. You still have to follow the cache protocol, no matter what system you are designing." Before following, you need to understand the logic first. From looking at your essay, you are confusing "invalidate transaction", which is address-only transaction, with flushing of actual data. The two operations were split explicitly to save system bandwidth. Period. On the other hand, "flushing" and "writing back" are synonyms. You need to brush up on the MESI-MOESI concepts. Due to lack of time and desire, I offer you the following quick one-page summary: ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au Good bye. - Ali