IPC Subgroup
G06F 12/0815 Cache consistency protocols
Introduced: January 2016
Full Title
Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures > Addressing or allocation; Relocation > in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems > Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches > Multiuser, multiprocessor or multiprocessing cache systems > Cache consistency protocols
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06F 12/0817 using directory methods
- G06F 12/0831 using a bus scheme, e.g. with bus monitoring or watching means
- G06F 12/0837 with software control, e.g. non-cacheable data
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
- GOOGLE US 32,969
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
- INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
- APPLE US 21,891
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505