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Method and apparatus for performing deferred transactions

US5937171A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1996
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4213
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus of performing bus transactions on the bus of the computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for permitting out-of-order replies in a pipelined bus system. The out-of-order responses include the sending of tokens between both the requesting agents and the responding agents in the computer system without the use of dedicated token buses.

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