Bridge circuit comprising independent transaction buffers with control logic adapted to store overflow data in second buffer when transaction size exceeds the first buffer size
US6055590A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4045
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system includes a data storage device on the first data bus, a device on the second data bus, and a bridge device capable of storing multiple data transactions for delivery from the second data bus to the first data bus. The bridge device includes a first data storage buffer preassigned to one of the transactions held in the bridge, and a buffer management element that assigns, if necessary, a second data storage buffer to the data transaction when the data associated with the transaction overflows the first data storage buffer.
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