Patent · US Expired

I/O throughput by pre-termination arbitration

US7085865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Juergen Haess · Schenefeld, DE
Ingemar Holm · Stuttgart, DE
Hartmut Ulland · Stuttgart, DE
Gerhard Zilles

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2004
Grant date	Aug 1, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/364
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method of transmitting data via a bus system coupling a plurality of bus participants with an arbitration procedure for the plurality of bus participants. The invention further enables bus arbitration during a first transmission since that the bus can be granted for a second transmission following the first transmission without wasting bus cycles. This is accomplished by determining the number of cycles remaining for the first transmission according to memory boundary and transmission packet boundary conditions.

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