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Resource management

US7500038B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2005
Grant dateMar 3, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/362
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A resource management system including a plurality of requester elements competing to access a resource through an arbiter element that controls access to the resource by the requester elements. A requester element having a buffer unit and first and second counters, which are compared to determine if a request having an identified priority type is in the buffer unit.

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