System resource arbitration mechanism for a host bridge
US6212589A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4031
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system is disclosed with a host bridge that arbitrates access to a system resource from a CPU via a host bus and from a set of bus agents via a peripheral bus. A separate set of priority classes are provided to the CPU and to the bus agents and programmable timers are included to tune system resource allocation between the host and processor busses.
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