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Technique for performing DMA including arbitration between a chained low priority DMA and high priority DMA occurring between two links in the chained low priority

US6108743A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention, in one embodiment, is a method for performing direct memory access. The method includes arbitrating between a chained, low priority, direct memory access and a high priority, direct memory access, the arbitration occurring between two links in the chained, low priority, direct memory access.

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