Active ports in a transfer controller with hub and ports
US6985982B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a transfer controller with hub and ports architecture one of the data ports is an active data port. This active data port can supply its own source information, destination information and data quantity in a data transfer request. This data transfer request is serviced in a manner similar to other data transfer requests. The active data port may specify itself as the data destination in an active read. Alternatively, the active data port may specify itself as the data source in an active data write.
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