Method and apparatus for converting a five wire arbitration/buffer management protocol into a two wire protocol
US5918025A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4031
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for converting signals from one arbitration and management protocol to another. The conversion is performed by at least three state machines. The conversion circuit converts a set of signals on the first bus to a bus request signal on the second bus. The conversion circuit also converts a signal from the second bus and a set of signals on the first bus to bus grant and memory acknowledge signals on the first bus.
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