Packet combiner for a packetized bus with dynamic holdoff time
US7526593B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Multiple data transfer requests can be merged and transmitted as a single packet on a packetized bus such as a PCI Express (PCI-E) bus. In one embodiment, requests are combined if they are directed to contiguous address ranges in the same target device. An opportunistic merging procedure is advantageously used that merges a first request with a later request if the first request and the later request are mergeable and are received within a holdoff period that is dynamically determined based on a level of bus activity; otherwise, requests can be transmitted without merging.
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