Xilinx, Inc.
Scalable coherence management independent of transport protocol

Abstract:

Disclosed systems and methods include in each agent, an agent layer, a link layer, and a port layer. The agent layer looks-up a port identifier in an address-to-port identifier map in response to a request directed to another agent and submits the request to the port layer. The link layer includes a plurality of links, and each link buffers communications from and to the agent layer. The port layer looks-up, in response to the request from the agent layer, a link identifier and chip identifier and writes the request to one of the links identified by the link identifier and associated with the chip identifier. The port layer also reads requests from the links and submits communications to a transport layer circuit based on the requests read from the links and associated chip identifiers.