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Providing data from a bridge to a requesting device while the bridge is receiving the data

US5872941A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1996
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4054
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system includes a data storage device on a first data bus, a requesting device that initiates a delayed request on a second data bus, and a bridge device that delivers the delayed request to the first data bus and, after the requesting device regains control of the second data bus, begins providing data to the requesting device while the data storage device is providing the requested data to the bridge device.

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