Method, system, and program for returning data to read requests received over a bus
US6820140B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for receiving a read request that is one of a plurality of read requests directed toward sequential data and determining whether at least one previous read request for sequential data preceding the data requested by the received read request was not processed. Data is returned to the received read request in response to returning data to the at least one previous read request.
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