Bus arbitration system, medium, and method
US7886097B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/364
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bus arbitration system, medium, and method. The bus arbitration system can arbitrate access to a bus for a plurality of masters, requesting the use of a bus to which at least one slave is connected, and may include a bus use granting unit that outputs a plurality of bus grant signals for granting the use of the bus to the plurality of masters that request the use of the bus at the same time, a simultaneous processing available signal selecting unit that selects a predetermined number of operation instruction signals having a predetermined similarity, from among a plurality of operation instruction signals that are input from the masters, in response to the bus grant signals, and an operation instructing unit that simultaneously transmits the selected operation instruction signals to the slave through the bus.
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