Apparatus and method for efficient transmission of unaligned data
US7296108B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4013
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method to transmit unaligned data over an interface bus while providing the appearance of aligned data transfers to the receiving processor. In a preferred embodiment, an alignment mechanism is provided in the bus interface of the receiving processor to align the data transfers transparent to the receiving processor. The alignment mechanism detects an unaligned transfer in the bus command queue and forms multiple commands of aligned data to send to the processor.
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