Queue-based predictive flow control mechanism with indirect determination of queue fullness
US6304932A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A shared bus system having a bus and a set of client modules coupled to the bus. Each client module is capable of sending transactions on the bus to other client modules and receiving transactions on the bus from other client modules for processing. Each module has a queue for storing transactions received by the module for processing. A bus controller limits the types of transactions that can be sent on the bus to prevent any module's queue from overflowing.
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