A fast queue mechanism is provided which keeps a queue of changes (i.e. store actions) issued by each processor, which queue is accessible by all processors. When any processor issues a store action to a line of memory in the queue, the old data is overwritten with the new data. If the queue does not...http://www.google.de/patents/US5155831?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5155831 - Data processing system with fast queue store interposed between store-through caches and a main memory