Arbitration of memory transfers in a DSP system
US7774530B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5466
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for arbitration of memory transfers in a digital signal processing system. In one embodiment, a digital signal processing system includes a plurality of DSP's having an external memory. The DSP's are further configurable to act as a master processor and a slave processor relative to another DSP. The system also includes an arbiter configured to maintain DSP status data and arbitrate requests between master processors and slave processors in the system.
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