Arbitration of requests requiring a variable number of resources
US10521368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Arbitration circuitry is provided for arbitrating between requests awaiting servicing. The requests require variable numbers of resources and the arbitration circuitry permits the request to be serviced in a different order to the order in which they were received. Checking circuitry prevents a given request other than a oldest request from being serviced when a number of available resources is less than a threshold number of resources. The threshold number is varied based on the number of resources required for at least one other request awaiting servicing.
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