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EMBEDDED Intel486™ PROCESSOR HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL
AHOLD Snoop Overlaying a Non-Burst Cycle
When AHOLD overlays a non-burst cycle, snooping is based on the completion of the current
non-burst transfer (ADS#-RDY# transfer).
laying a non-burst line-fill cycle. HITM# is asserted two clocks after EADS#, and the non-burst
cycle is fractured after the RDY# for a specific single transfer is asserted. The snoop write-back
cycle is re-ordered ahead of an ongoing non-burst cycle. After the write-back cycle is completed,
the fractured non-burst cycle continues. The snoop write-back ALWAYS precedes the comple-
tion of a fractured cycle, regardless of the point at which AHOLD is de-asserted, and AHOLD
must be de-asserted before the fractured non-burst cycle can complete.
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AHOLD
EADS#
INV
HITM#
ADS#
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Fill
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CACHE#
BLAST#
W/R#
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To Processor
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Write-back from Processor
Figure 4-40. Snoop Cycle Overlaying a Non-Burst Cycle
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Figure 4-40
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shows a snoop cycle under AHOLD over-
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