Dual rotating priority arbitration method for a multiprocessor memory bus
US4924380A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 8, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/364
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a multiprocessor system with a common bus and a central arbitration controller, which samples the request status of every system agent, the arbitration controller grants bus accesses based on an arbitration scheme consisting of two rotating queues with a fixed priority between the queues.
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