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Interface and interrupt circuitry coupling data to host DMA circuitry

US7788422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Filip Moerman · Vence, FR
Pierre Bertrand · Beijing, CN
David Quintin Bell · Frederick, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2005
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/28
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes generating a transfer configuration descriptor (“TCD”), the TCD includes information pertaining to data to be transferred. The method further includes dynamically configuring a direct memory access (“DMA) channel based on the TCD without using a CPU and transferring a group of data blocks by way of the DMA channel.

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