Methods and apparatuses for decoupling a request from one or more solicited responses
US7277975B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/385
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for communicating information between functional blocks of a system across a communication fabric. Translation logic couples to the communication fabric. The translation logic implements a higher level protocol layered on top of an underlining protocol and the communication fabric. The translation logic converts one initiator transaction into two or more write transactions and then transmits the write transactions using the underlining protocol of the communication fabric. The translation logic converts the initiator transaction into two or more write transactions and then transmits the write transactions using the underlining protocol of the communication fabric so that the communication fabric does not block or poll for responses, and that data may be transferred in a direction opposite from the initiator transaction request.
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