| CPC G06F 12/0815 (2013.01) | 10 Claims |
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1. A method for encoding owner and sharers of a cache line within ways of a directory of a snoop filter, comprising:
using a single way for the encoding for when available bits in the single way of the directory is sufficient to represent the encoding of the owners and the shares of the cache line; and
using multiple ways of the directory all stored with a same address tag and vector range identifiers for the encoding for when the available bits in the single way of the directory is insufficient to represent the encoding of the owners and the sharers.
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