Arbitration method and circuit architecture therefore
US6704821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/362
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interconnect system includes an arbitration unit for arbitration among a plurality of sources or initiators requesting access to resources or targets. The arbitration unit selectively grants the initiators access to the targets as a function of respective priorities. The system includes a programmable control unit for programmably choosing the priorities in question out of group of at least two different priority schemes including a positional fixed priority, programmed fixed priority, and a variable priority based on a respective threshold latency values associated to the initiators.
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