A system comprising: a plurality of peer nodes (110, 120, 130) having cache memories to generate requests for data, the peer node having a valid, cached copy of the requested data to resolve the conflicting requests and to provide a copy of the requested data to one of the multiple requesting peer nodes: and a home node (140) corresponding to the requested data coupled with the peer nodes, the home node to resolve the conflicting requests if no peer node stores a valid, cached copy of the requested data.
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