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Method for enhanced peripheral component interconnect bus split data transfer

US5928346A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1997
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/423
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A PC bus architecture that is compatible with an industry standard bus architecture and allows devices to transfer data more effeciently. The protocol of the present invention allows a data transaction in which a data transfer request can be made by a bus master device and then queued so that the transaction occurs at a later time allowing the bus to be free for other transactions until the responding device has prepared the data.

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