Direct memory access engine for data transfers
US7831746B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of transferring data of unknown length in a computer system includes providing an embedded device having a processing apparatus and a DMA engine, the processing apparatus processing the data and the DMA engine transferring the data from the embedded device to a component in the computer system, determining whether information from the embedded device is an address value or a data value, programming the DMA engine with the address value if the information is the address value, and transferring the data value to the address value in the component if the information is the data value.
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